Osen of the Kagiya Giving a Scroll to Takashima Ohisa

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Osen of the Kagiya Giving a Scroll to Takashima Ohisa

おひさと鍵屋お仙

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6374

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #81.2, pl. 35; the other print of the pair (US list #81.1): Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #109; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 85.3.1

DescriptionFor a similar print of Okita and Ofuji, see 11.14282.

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.