Parody of an Imperial Carriage Scene

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Parody of an Imperial Carriage Scene

見立て御所車

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1798 (Kansei 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 77.1 cm (15 3/8 x 30 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7401-3

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #290; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #102.1-3, pls. 81-3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 18.1.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #545

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7401 (left), 21.7402 (center), 21.7403 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.25124-6, 21.7401-3

Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.