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見立て浄瑠璃姫
A Modern Version of the Concert of Ushiwakamaru and Jôruri-hime
見立て浄瑠璃姫
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.5 x 76 cm (15 3/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7715-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #572.1-3, pls. 69-71; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 41.3.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #342 (incomplete); Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #342 (incomplete)
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7715 (left), 21.7716 (center), 21.7717 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.14433, 11.14446 (two right sheets), 21.7715-7 (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 11.14433, 11.14446 (two right sheets), 21.7715-7 (complete triptych)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 44); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.