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Young Boy Dancing before Women


若衆の舞
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.8 x 76.6 cm (15 1/4 x 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7691-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #113.1-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), pls. 98-100; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 17.3.1-3
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7691 (left), 21.7692 (center), 21.7693 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14334 (right sheet only), 21.7691-3 (complete triptych)
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 163); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.