Fond of Talking (Hanashizuki), from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things in the Modern World (Tôsei kôbutsu hakkei)

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Fond of Talking (Hanashizuki), from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things in the Modern World (Tôsei kôbutsu hakkei)

「当世好物八景　はなし好」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 26 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6499

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #262.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 107.2.1

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14303, 21.6499

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 (#581); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.