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Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Contemporary Courtesans Drawn from Life (Tôji yûkun iki-utsushi)


「当時遊君生写 松葉屋粧ひ」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 26 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6534
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #179.1, pl. 187; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 187.2.1
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.