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Jolly Dolls in the Capital of Flowers (Hana no miyako ukare ningyô), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)


「青楼仁和嘉全盛遊 花の都うかれ人形」
Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, ?–1831?)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.6 x 21.6 cm (13 5/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession NumberRES.51.19
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
Provenance1951, gift of Louis W. Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)