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七福神 弁天
Benten Playing the Shamisen While a Man Tries in Vain to Read a Book, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Shichifukujin)
七福神 弁天
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
17 x 19 cm (6 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6357
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 244.3 (this design not illustrated)
Signed
Utamaro ga
歌麿画
歌麿画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.