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Love that Rarely Meets (Mare ni au koi) from the series Anthology of Poems: the Love Section (Kasen koi no bu)


「歌選恋之部 稀二逢恋」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and mica on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.3 cm (14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.257
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #58; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #137 (with title, sig., pub.); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #29.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 48.2.1(with title, sig., pub.); Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #283 (no marks)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14324, 34.257

Title, signature, and publisher's mark (Tsutaya Jûzaburô) not on this impression.
Signed Unsigned
無款
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)