Courtesan representing Bishamon, from the series Seven Lucky Beauties in the Modern Style (Tôfû shichifuku bijin) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Courtesan representing Bishamon, from the series Seven Lucky Beauties in the Modern Style (Tôfû shichifuku bijin)

Courtesan representing Bishamon, from the series Seven Lucky Beauties in the Modern Style (Tôfû shichifuku bijin)

「当風七福美人」　見立毘沙門

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; 38.1 x 25.1 cm (15 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6490

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #492.4

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.