Parody of the Story of Yoritomo Releasing Cranes at Yuigahama

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Parody of the Story of Yoritomo Releasing Cranes at Yuigahama

見立頼朝放鶴

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1805 (Bunka 2)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.3 x 73.9 cm (15 1/16 x 29 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7662-4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #269.1-3, pls. 194-6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 30.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #616

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7662 (left), 21.7663 (center), 21.7664 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14502-4, 21.7662-4

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.