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Woman, Cat, and Kotatsu

Woman, Cat, and Kotatsu

炬燵で猫と遊ぶ女

Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1796 (Kansei 8), mid-year

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.5 cm (14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7027

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 109; Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), list #1.015

Signed Kunimasa ga
国政画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.