Naniwaya Okita, from the series Seven Women Applying Make-up Using a Mirror (Sugatami shichinin keshō)

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Naniwaya Okita, from the series Seven Women Applying Make-up Using a Mirror (Sugatami shichinin keshō)

「姿見七人化粧」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō (Kōshodō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ōban; 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

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Women Reflecting in the Mirror (2025), #3 (this impression); Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #65; Ukiyo-e shūka 3 (1978), list #20.1.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 46.1.1

DescriptionThe mon on her kimono identifies the woman as Naniwaya Okita. The title suggests that the print is from a series of seven, but this is the only design known.

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.