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「娘日時計 申ノ刻」
Hour of the Monkey (Saru no koku), from the series Sundial of Young Women (Musume hidokei)
「娘日時計 申ノ刻」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 23.5 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6380
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #192; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #167; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #213.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 148.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #259; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #56
DescriptionThe Chicago impression illustrated in Asano and Clark has the kiwame seal and the mark of publisher Murataya Jirobei in the lower left corner, below the signature; they have been torn off of the MFA impression.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: (kiwame; torn off of this impression)
改印：（極）
改印：（極）
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.