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Yamauba Blackening Her Teeth as Kintarô Watches


山姥と金太郎 かねつけ
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–1805 (Kansei 7–Bunka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.7 x 25.8 cm (15 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6363
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #741; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 210.3.4; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #442; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #294
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Vignier collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.