The Hour of the Sheep (Hitsuji no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in the Yoshiwara (Seirô jûni toki tsuzuki)

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The Hour of the Sheep (Hitsuji no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in the Yoshiwara (Seirô jûni toki tsuzuki)

「青楼十二時　続　未ノ刻」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1794 (Kansei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25 cm (14 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6370

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #65; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #157; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #35.8; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 129.2.4; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #194; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #63

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14570, 21.6370

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.