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「今やう娘七小町 草紙洗小まち」
Komachi Washing the Manuscript (Sôshi arai Komachi), from the series Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi (Imayô musume Nana Komachi)
「今やう娘七小町 草紙洗小まち」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1810s (late Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.8 cm (14 1/2 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6983
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #191; another print in the series (Sotoba): Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 41, cat. no. 34
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13632, 20.121, 21.6983
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Makanaku ni/ nani o tane to te/ ukigusa no/ nami no une-une/ oishigeruran
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.