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Visiting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Portraits of the Seven Komachi in Fashionable Disguise (Fûryû nana Komachi yatsushi sugata-e)


「風流七小町略姿絵 かよひ小まち」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–97 (mid Kansei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.2 cm (14 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6942
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #1; the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), pl. 98 (this design not illustrated)
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.