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Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night


夜の雨に芸者と三味線箱を持つ女
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797 (Kansei 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.4 cm (14 7/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6442
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #269; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #460.3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 97.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #539
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 (#416); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.