Umegawa and Chûbei, from the series Collection of Jôruri Recitations in the Tokiwazu and Tomimoto Styles (Tokiwazu Tomimoto jôruri zukushi)

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Umegawa and Chûbei, from the series Collection of Jôruri Recitations in the Tokiwazu and Tomimoto Styles (Tokiwazu Tomimoto jôruri zukushi)

「常盤津富本浄瑠理尽　梅川　忠兵衛」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 60.3 x 10.4 cm (23 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6550

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #767; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #679.1, pl. 222; Ukiyo-e taikei 5 (1975), #258; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 231.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #238; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #313

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1490, 11.21262, 21.6550

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.