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Shamisen o hiku bijin zu
三味線を弾く美人図
Young Woman Playing the Shamisen
Shamisen o hiku bijin zu
三味線を弾く美人図
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–06 (Bunka 1–3 )
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions
Image: 41.5 x 83 cm (16 5/16 x 32 11/16 in.)
Overall: 170 x 109 cm (66 15/16 x 42 15/16 in.)
Overall: 170 x 109 cm (66 15/16 x 42 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4642
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 44; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 270
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
InscriptionsPoems by Kon’ya Yasuzome, Sanpachi Ichinari, Yamabuki Tamaru, Nekkara Shirane, and Tsūyōtei
紺屋安染、三八市成、山吹多丸、根事良白音、通用亭
紺屋安染、三八市成、山吹多丸、根事良白音、通用亭
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.