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美人十容 北国の座敷
Reception Room in the Yoshiwara (Hokkoku no zashiki), second (?) edition, from the series Ten Beautiful Faces (Bijin jûyô)
美人十容 北国の座敷
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797 (Kansei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 23.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6444
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #525.5 (with publisher's mark and title text)
DescriptionThe MFA impression has no publisher's mark or title. The British Museum impression has the publisher's mark of Yorozuya Kichibei and the title "Bijin jûyô: Hokkoku no zashiki (Ten Beautiful Faces: Reception Room in the Yoshiwara)."
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
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.