Woman with Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sôgaku juttai)

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Woman with Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sôgaku juttai)

「婦人相学拾躰」　煙管を持つ女

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1802–03 (Kyôwa 2–3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 25.5 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6609

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #410; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #326.7; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 65.2.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #563; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #242

Signed Kansô Utamaro (Utamaro the physiognomist)
観相歌麿

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.