Women Imitating the Procession of a Korean Ambassador

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Women Imitating the Procession of a Korean Ambassador

見立て唐人行列

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1797–98 (Kansei 9–10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban heptaptych; 39.1 x 181.1 cm (15 3/8 x 71 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6559-65

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #285; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #407.7.1-7, pls. 160-6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 26.1.1 to 27.1.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1951), #413; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #348

DescriptionHeptaptych, left to right: 21.6559, 21.6560, 21.6561, 21.6562, 21.6563, 21.6564, 21.6565

MFA impressions: 11.14387 (one sheet only), 21.6559-65 (complete heptaptych)

Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 432); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.