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Yaoya Oshichi and Koshô Kichisaburô


「八百屋お七 小姓吉三郎」
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 Hashira-e; 63.3 x 14.7 cm (24 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6551
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #344; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #791; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #678.3, pl. 217; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 231.1.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.995, 21.6551
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.