The Northern Country (Kitaguni), from the series Three Amusements of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin sanyû) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Northern Country (Kitaguni), from the series Three Amusements of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin sanyû)

The Northern Country (Kitaguni), from the series Three Amusements of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin sanyû)

「当世美人三遊　北国」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1800 (Kansei 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical nagaban; 52.8 x 23.9 cm (20 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6542

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #672.3

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 111); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.