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「名君閨中の粧ひ」
A Top Courtesan Applying Makeup in Her Boudoir (Meikun keichû no yosooi)
「名君閨中の粧ひ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1800 (Kansei 12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.4 cm (14 7/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6480
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #310; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 162.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #607
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14238, 21.6480
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
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.