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Hanbei the Grocer and His Wife Ochiyo (Yaoya Hanbei, Nyôbo Ochiyo), from the series True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)


「実競色乃美名家見 八百屋半兵衛 女房お千代」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 25.7 cm (15 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6433
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #367.19; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 298-306 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14306, 21.6433

The publisher's seal reads "Chô han" and according to Asano and Clark is most likely a relative of Nishimuraya Yohachi or part of a related firm.
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.