A Modern Version of the Story of Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) and Jôruri-hime – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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A Modern Version of the Story of Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) and Jôruri-hime

A Modern Version of the Story of Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) and Jôruri-hime

見立浄瑠璃姫

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1797–98 (Kansei 9–10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6427

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #101.8; Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), fig. 60

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#528); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.