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Kitchen Scene


台所
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 39.5 x 52.1 cm (15 9/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.269a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #70; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #206; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #347.1-2, pls. 5-6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 21.1.1-2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #232; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #341
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14207 (right sheet only; different state, without wooden bucket), 21.7407-8, 34.269a-b
Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
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)