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「女織蚕手業草 七」
No. 7 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)
「女織蚕手業草 七」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–1800 (Kansei 10–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 26 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7327
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.7; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.2.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #453; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #155; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 325-6 (this design not shown)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.153, 21.7327, 34.247
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蚕の種を取図
簇物(まゆはるもの)より取時 形のよき蚕をゑらんで
糸にてくゝり釣置ハ蛾(ひが)の蝶になり
出る牝牡を一つにして紙に移し置ハ段々子を産付るなり
これをうハ子といふ
簇物(まゆはるもの)より取時 形のよき蚕をゑらんで
糸にてくゝり釣置ハ蛾(ひが)の蝶になり
出る牝牡を一つにして紙に移し置ハ段々子を産付るなり
これをうハ子といふ
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.