Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya (Ôgiya Hanaôgi, in rebus form), from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Kômei bijin rokkasen)

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Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya (Ôgiya Hanaôgi, in rebus form), from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Kômei bijin rokkasen)

「高名美人六家撰」　扇屋花扇　（判じ絵）

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.1 cm (14 9/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6453

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #226; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #295.3.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 56.1.3; Michener, Floating World (1954), #53b; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #355; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #181

DescriptionFrom the first version of the series, with the women's names in the form of rebuses.

MFA impressions: 21.6453, 21.6539

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
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.