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A Wife of the Middle Rank (Chûbon no nyôbô), from the series A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tôsei onna fûzoku tsû)


「当世女風俗通 中品の女房」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801–02 (Kyôwa 1–2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 26.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6612
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #372; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #217.2, pl. 79; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 74.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #501
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; February 10, 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.