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Happy Faces of Ohan and Chôemon (Ohan Chôemon no rakugan), from the series Eight Pledges at Lovers' Meetings (Ômi hakkei)


「逢身八契 お半長右衛門の楽顔」
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; 38.3 x 26.2 cm (15 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6486
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #312.6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 161.2.2; 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 in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.