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「当世子持八景 関娼」
The Kept Woman (Sekishô), from the series Eight Modern Women with Children (Tôsei komochi hakkei)
「当世子持八景 関娼」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 34.5 x 21.9 cm (13 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.281
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #188.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 167.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #740
DescriptionA pun on the theme of "Sunset Glow" (sekishô).
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)