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「女織蚕手業草 十一」
No. 11 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)
「女織蚕手業草 十一」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–1800 (Kansei 10–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 25.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.251
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.11; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.3.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #457; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #159; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 325-6 (this design not shown)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.157, 21.7331, 34.251
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蚕の神を祭る事ハむかし
軻遇突智(かぐつち)埴山姫(はにやまひめ)に逢て
雅産霊(わかむすび)を産
此神の頭に蚕と桑となれり 故に
日本にてハ雅産霊を祭るへきものか
人皇二十二代雄略天皇乃御后みつから養蚕し給ふ
唐土にてハ黄帝の后 西綾氏を始とする也
軻遇突智(かぐつち)埴山姫(はにやまひめ)に逢て
雅産霊(わかむすび)を産
此神の頭に蚕と桑となれり 故に
日本にてハ雅産霊を祭るへきものか
人皇二十二代雄略天皇乃御后みつから養蚕し給ふ
唐土にてハ黄帝の后 西綾氏を始とする也
ProvenanceStamp on mat: "Baron Fujita Collection." 1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)