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蛍狩り
Catching Fireflies
蛍狩り
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–97 (Kansei 8–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.4 x 76.8 cm (15 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7398-400
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #256; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #254.1-3, pls. 157-9; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 28.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #309; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #324
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7398 (left), 21.7399 (center), 21.7400 (right)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.