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Tatsumi Rokô (name in rebus form), from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Kômei bijin rokkasen)


「高名美人六家撰」 辰巳路考 (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; 37.8 x 25 cm (14 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6457
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #225; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #295.2.1, pl. 58; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 56.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #8
DescriptionFrom the first version of the series, with the women's names in the form of rebuses.

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.