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Wedding Scene, a Triptych (Konrei no zu, sanmai tsuzuki)


「婚礼之図 三枚続」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Maruya Bun'emon (Bunjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1805 (Bunka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76 cm (14 15/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7688-90
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #356.1-3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 38.2.4, 39.2.1-2; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #346 (all); Album of Old Japanese Prints of the Ukiyo-ye School Reproduced from the Collection of Ken-ichi Kawaura (1919), #135 (all)
DescriptionTriptych (right half of hexaptych): 21.7688 (left), 21.7689 (center), 21.7690 (right)

MFA impressions: 18.288-90, 21.7688-90

Center sheet only of left half of hexaptych: 11.14333
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 192); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.