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「寄農婦恋」
Love for a Farmer's Wife (Nôfu ni yosuru koi)
「寄農婦恋」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 23.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6417
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #248; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #490.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 63.3.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #226; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #70
Signed
Shômei Utamaro hitsu
Marks
No censor's seal
Artist's seal: Honke (true line)
改印：なし
Artist's seal: Honke (true line)
改印：なし
Inscriptions紀柾也
恋のたねまきそめしより苗代の 水ももらさぬ中とこそなれ
恋のたねまきそめしより苗代の 水ももらさぬ中とこそなれ
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.