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Ha... of the Southern Station (Nan'eki ha-jirushi)


「南駅は印」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 26 cm (15 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6467
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #222; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #93.1.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 52.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #443 (no text); Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #101 (no text)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 18.287, 21.6467

From a series that circumvents the prohibition against writing women's names on prints by giving only the first syllable of each name.
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.