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Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya (Ôgiya Hanaôgi, in rebus form), from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Kômei bijin rokkasen)


「高名美人六家撰」 扇屋花扇 (判じ絵)
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 25.8 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6539
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #226; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #295.3.1, pl. 12; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 56.1.3; Michener, Floating World (1954), #53a; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #355; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #181
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.6453, 21.6539

From the first version of the series, with the women's names in the form of rebuses.
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 (#617); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.