The Fancy-free Type (Uwaki no sô), from the series Ten Types in the Physiogonomic Study of Women (Fujin sôgaku juttai)

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The Fancy-free Type (Uwaki no sô), from the series Ten Types in the Physiogonomic Study of Women (Fujin sôgaku juttai)

「婦人相学十躰」　浮気之相

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; 34.7 x 23.4 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6389

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #57; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #18.6; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #113; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #40

DescriptionSecond state, with the series title only, lacking the title of the print.

Signed Sômi Utamaro ga
相見歌麿画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.