Suited to Dyed Stripes Stocked by Shimaya (Shimaya shi-ire no some-jima muki), from the series Summer Outfits: Beauties of Today (Natsu ishô tôsei bijin)

「夏衣装当世美人　嶋屋仕入の染しま向キ」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1804–06 (Bunka 1–3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 24.6 cm (14 15/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter

Accession Number34.256

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #446; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #283.9

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
改印：なし

Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)