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Couple with a Standing Screen


衝立の男女
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797 (Kansei 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.1 cm (14 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6610
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 168; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #267; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #460.1, pl. 148; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 97.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #381; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #107
DescriptionMFA impressions: 18.308, 21.6610
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceFebruary 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the collection of Charles B. Eddy; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.