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袖が浦の亀吉
The Geisha Kamekichi of Sodegaura
袖が浦の亀吉
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 24.8 cm (15 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6409
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #186; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #41.1, pl. 11; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 47.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #336; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #173
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「乙姫もおよはし袖が浦島の ゆかた涼しき磯の亀吉 五律から歌」