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Seven Women Applying Make-up Using a Mirror (Sugatami shichinin keshô)


「姿見七人化粧」
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; 37.4 x 24.7 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6398
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #65; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #20.1.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 46.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #69; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #32
Signed Utamaro ga
歌麿画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.