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Shaving the Baby's Head


毛剃り
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 25.8 cm (15 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6430
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #367; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #313.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 196.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #680; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #250
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.