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The Hour of the Dragon (Tatsu no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in the Yoshiwara (Seirô jûni toki tsuzuki)


「青楼十二時 続 辰ノ刻」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794 (Kansei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 24.8 x 37 cm (9 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6527
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #63; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #154; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #35.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 129.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #191; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #60
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14573, 21.6527
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceJanuary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.