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Sôjô Henjô, from the series Six Selected Elegant Poems (Fûryû rokkasen)


「風流六歌撰 僧正(僧正遍昭)」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796 (Kansei 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.9 x 26.1 cm (15 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6455
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #295.2.2, pl. 58; first edition, with rebus: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #225
DescriptionFrom the second version of the series, with an altered title and the women's names in rebus form replaced by portraits of the Six Immortal Poets.
MFA impressions:
First version: 21.6457
Second version: 21.6455, 21.6466
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.