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Woman Warming Her Hands inside Her Kimono, from the series Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Famous Places (Meisho koshikake hakkei), second edition


名所腰掛八景 懐手
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–97 (Kansei 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6458
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), pl. 95 (this edition); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #391.6.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #244 (1st ed.); the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 239-43 (this design mentioned but not illustrated)
DescriptionThe first edition, published by Iseya Rihei, has the series title and a poem.
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.