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Miyahito of the Ôgiya, kamuro Tsubaki and Shirabe (Ôgiya uchi Miyahito, Tsubaki, Shirabe)


「扇屋内 蓬莢仙(みやひと)つばき しらべ」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.1 x 25.5 cm (15 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6396
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #128; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #27.1.1, pl. 37; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #173; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #34
DescriptionPossibly designed as a triptych: 21.6395 (left), 21.6394 (center), 21.6396 (right).
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.