Picture of the Upper Class (Jôbon no zu), from the series Three Ranks of Young Women According to their Fashions (Fûzoku sandan musume)

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Picture of the Upper Class (Jôbon no zu), from the series Three Ranks of Young Women According to their Fashions (Fûzoku sandan musume)

「風俗三段娘　上品之図」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6377

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #197; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #230.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 146.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #320

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

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.