Picture of the Lower Class (Gebon no zu), from the series Three Ranks of Young Women According to Their Fashion (Fûzoku sandan musume)

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Picture of the Lower Class (Gebon no zu), from the series Three Ranks of Young Women According to Their Fashion (Fûzoku sandan musume)

「風俗三段娘　下品之図」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.6 cm (14 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

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

Accession Number34.265

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #69; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #199; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #230.3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 146.1.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #322; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #127

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

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