Naniwaya Okita and a Temple Guardian Statue in a Tug of War with a Pillow (Naniwaya Okita)

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Naniwaya Okita and a Temple Guardian Statue in a Tug of War with a Pillow (Naniwaya Okita)

おきたと仁王の枕引き　「難波屋おきた」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 36.6 cm (9 11/16 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6568

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #114; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #86.6, pl. 137; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #269; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 235.3.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #170; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #370

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceMarch 1917, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from S. Mori; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.