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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」
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; 38.7 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
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
Marks No censor's seal
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.