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Shibata Shûri-no-shin Katsuie and Lady Odani, from an untitled series of warriors


柴田修理進勝家と小谷の方
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1803–04 (Kyôwa 3–Bunka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 24.9 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 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 Number54.282
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), #60; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #434; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #764; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 243.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #816
DescriptionMFA prints in the series: 11.18180, 11.21173, 11.21174, 54.282, 54.283

The three prints from the Bigelow Collection--11.18180, 11.21173, 11.21174--have handwritten inscriptions indicating that they were once owned by Kawanabe Kyôsai.
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)