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Calligraphy Teacher, from the series Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza jûniko)


「婦人手業拾二工」 寺子屋
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6482
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #232.7; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 103.2.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #485; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 311-5 (this design not illustrated)
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.