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Woman Holding a Piece of Gauze Before Her Face


布をかざす女
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6530
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #237; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #400.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 71.1.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #254; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #102
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14329, 21.6530
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Y. Sumitomo; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.