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The Habit of Bashfulness (Omohayuki kuse), from the series Seven Bad Habits (Nakute nana kuse)


「なくて七癖 面頬癖(おもはゆきくせ)」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797 (Kansei 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 24.3 cm (14 13/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6447
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #231.1, pl. 68; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 73.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #445
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
Collector's seal: Tadamasa
改印:なし
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.