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The Syllables Ra through Ku: Woman Drinking Tea and Companion with a Bowl of Rice, from an untitled Iroha series


色は揃 「らむうゐのおく」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 24.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6505
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #369.4; the series: Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 113 (this design not illustrated)
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.