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「逢身八契 梅川忠兵衛の喜伴」
Happy Togetherness for Umegawa and Chûbei (Umegawa Chûbei no kihan), from the series Eight Pledges at Lovers' Meetings (Ômi hakkei)
「逢身八契 梅川忠兵衛の喜伴」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25.6 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6487
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #294; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #312.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 161.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #408
DescriptionMFA impressons: 11.14212, 21.6487
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印:なし
改印:なし
ProvenanceMarch 1918, 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.