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Santô Kyôden at a Daimyo's Mansion


大名屋敷の遊興に招かれた京伝
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Fushimiya Zenroku (Japanese)
Publisher: Kôzuya Isuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788–90 (Tenmei 8–Kansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.4 x 76 cm (15 1/8 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7671-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #47; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #515.1.1-3, pls. 90-2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 23.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #44; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #316
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7671 (left), 21.7672 (center), 21.7673 (right)

The marks of the two co-publishers appear on the right and center sheets only.

MFA impressions: 11.14533-5, 11.14536-8, 21.7671-3
Signed Utamaro ga (on each sheet)
歌麿画
ProvenancePurchased 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.