Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, kamuro Wakagi and Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba), from the series Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Tôji zensei bijin-zoroe)

Advanced Search

LICENSE IMAGE

ORDER PRINT

DOWNLOAD

Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, kamuro Wakagi and Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba), from the series Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Tôji zensei bijin-zoroe)

「当時全盛美人揃　松葉屋内　染之助　わか木　わか葉」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1794 (Kansei 6)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 26 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6404

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #229.4.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #271

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

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.