Parody of Hotei, from the series Seven Lucky Beauties in the Modern Style (Tôfû shichi fuku bijin) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Parody of Hotei, from the series Seven Lucky Beauties in the Modern Style (Tôfû shichi fuku bijin)

Parody of Hotei, from the series Seven Lucky Beauties in the Modern Style (Tôfû shichi fuku bijin)

「当風七福美人」　布袋

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1797–98 (Kansei 9–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6489

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #492.6

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.