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Kajiwara Genta and the Courtesan Umegae (Kajiwara Genta, Keisei Umegae), from the series True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)


「実競色乃美名家見 梶原源太 傾城梅が枝」
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; 37.2 x 25 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6435
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), #60; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #367.6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 110.2.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #369
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14303, 21.6435

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.