Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East

Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East

見立業平東下り

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1797–98 (Kansei 9–10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 24.5 cm (14 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6476

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #278; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #462.2

DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 21.6476 (center sheet), 54.286 (right sheet)
Painting by Yoshika, based on the complete triptych: 11.7981

Signed (Utamaro hitsu, on the right sheet only)

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.