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A Triptych of Courtesans (Seirô sanpukutsui)


「青楼三幅対」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Murataya Ichigorô (Muraichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793 (Kansei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 26 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6375
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #209, pl. 53; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 180.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #174
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14191, 21.6375
Signed Kitagawa Utamaro hitsu
喜多川歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#344); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.