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

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

「当風七福美人」　見立恵比須

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; 38.9 x 25.9 cm (15 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6491

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #492.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 187.3.1

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.