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Emotional Turmoil for Wankyû and Matsuyama (Wankyû Matsuyama no seiran), from the series Eight Pledges at Lovers' Meetings (Ômi hakkei)


「逢身八契 椀久松山の情乱」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 25.1 cm (15 3/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6484
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #312.3.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 161.1.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #409; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #202; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 294-6 (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; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.