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「高名美人六家撰」 扇屋花扇 （判じ絵）
Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya (Ōgiya Hanaōgi, in rebus form), from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Kōmei bijin rokkasen)
「高名美人六家撰」 扇屋花扇 （判じ絵）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 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
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #226; Ukiyo-e shūka 3 (1978), list #295.3.1, pl. 12; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 56.1.3; Michener, Floating World (1954), #53a; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshū (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.
From the first version of the series, with the women's names in the form of rebuses.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
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.