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「女風俗品さだめ 女賣人」
Female Peddler (Onna akindo), from the book Comparisons of the Customs of Women (Onna fûzoku shinasadame)
「女風俗品さだめ 女賣人」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 18 x 11.4 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.21
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://togetter.com/li/905917; Collier-Suzuki, Complete Prints of Utamaro (2009), #115.16
DescriptionJoint image: 50.21 (top), 11.21692 (bottom).
Signed
Utamaro ga
歌麿画
歌麿画
Inscriptions歌麿画 女風俗品さだめ 女賣人
上方にてハ古来より女賣人(おんなあきんど)多くあれども江戸ハ近世もつぱら流行することなり。
上方にてハ古来より女賣人(おんなあきんど)多くあれども江戸ハ近世もつぱら流行することなり。
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)