Onatsu and Seijûrô, from the series True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)

「実競色乃美名家見　お夏　清十郎」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.5 x 27.1 cm (15 9/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line By exchange with F.H. Douglas

Accession Number50.4045

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #367.16; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 298-306 (this design not illustrated)

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceBy exchange with F. H. Douglas for Res. 45.45.