Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses of the Yoshiwara (Seirô rokkasen)

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Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses of the Yoshiwara (Seirô rokkasen)

「青楼六家選　松葉屋粧ひ」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1801–02 (Kyôwa 1–2)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 25 cm (14 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6494

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #376; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #314.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 58.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #16; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #190

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20202, 21.6494

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#365); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.