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鮑取り
Abalone Divers
鮑取り
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797–98 (Kansei 9–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.9 x 75 cm (15 5/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7353-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #284; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #570.1-3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 14.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #300; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #330; Utamaro ukiyo-e shû (1926), #50
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7353 (left), 21.7354 (center), 21.7355 (right)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Provenance21.7353: October 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the C. Buckingham collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
21.7354: March 1915, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
21.7355: June 23, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
21.7354: March 1915, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
21.7355: June 23, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.