Woman Counting on Her Fingers, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sôgaku juttai)

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Woman Counting on Her Fingers, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sôgaku juttai)

「婦人相学十躰」　指折り数える女

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6387

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #59; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #18.8; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 49.3.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #110; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #38

Signed Sômi Utamaro ga (Drawn by Utamaro the physiognomist)
相見歌麿画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceMarch 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Hirakawa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.