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「女織蚕手業草 六」
No. 6 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)
「女織蚕手業草 六」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–1800 (Kansei 10–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 25.8 cm (15 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7326
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #326; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.2.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #452; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #154
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.152, 21.7326, 34.246
Optionally, the series can be assembled into a continuous 12-sheet image.
Optionally, the series can be assembled into a continuous 12-sheet image.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Inscriptions蚕まゆを作る図
はい子といふ
広きふたの類に椎柴などの物を敷入て
ひきりたる蚕を置てわらをおゝいにしてまゆを張すなり
四五日もして後まゆを一つつゝもぎはなして取なり
まゆ張物を簇(ぞく)といふなり
はい子といふ
広きふたの類に椎柴などの物を敷入て
ひきりたる蚕を置てわらをおゝいにしてまゆを張すなり
四五日もして後まゆを一つつゝもぎはなして取なり
まゆ張物を簇(ぞく)といふなり
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.