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Picking Persimmons


柿もぎ
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (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 triptych; 37.4 x 74.2 cm (14 3/4 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6322-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #74; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #437; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #242, & 8 (1980), pls. 189-91; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 31.1.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #560; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #326
DescriptionTriptych: 21.6322 (left), 21.6323 (center), 21.6324 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14515-7, 21.6322-4
Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
ProvenanceFebruary, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.