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「高名美人見たて忠臣蔵 十二枚つづき」 十一だんめ
Act XI (Jûichidanme), from the series The Chûshingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties: A Set of Twelve Prints (Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura jûnimai tsuzuki)
「高名美人見たて忠臣蔵 十二枚つづき」 十一だんめ
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6588
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bell, Chushingura (2001), pl. 41; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 210-11; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #300.11; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 160.3.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #214; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #120
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
Right sheet: 11.22152.
Right sheet: 11.22152.
Signed
Motome ni ôjite Utamaro mizukara no engan o utsusu (By request Utamaro draws his own ravishing features)
Marks
No censor's seal
Collector's seal: Tadamasa
改印：なし
Collector's seal: Tadamasa
改印：なし
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Charles Jacquin; January 20, 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at January 17-22, 1921 sale of Mr. Charles Jacquin's collection at the Walpole Galleries, New York, lot #97; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.