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Dressing the Hair


髪結
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.2 cm (14 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6379
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #200; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #348.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 193.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #218; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #110
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.