The Habit of Looking Clever (Rihatsu no miyuru kuse), from the series Seven Bad Habits (Nakute nana kuse) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Habit of Looking Clever (Rihatsu no miyuru kuse), from the series Seven Bad Habits (Nakute nana kuse)

The Habit of Looking Clever (Rihatsu no miyuru kuse), from the series Seven Bad Habits (Nakute nana kuse)

「なくて七癖　理髪の見ゆる癖」

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; 37.8 x 24 cm (14 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6448

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #231.4, pl. 67

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 (#372); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.