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Women's Party with Gidayû Ballad Recital


義太夫のおさらい会
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban pentaptych; 37 x 125.4 cm (14 9/16 x 49 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7820-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), pls. 172-4 (three right sheets only, with signatures removed; Achenbach Foundation); Album of Old Japanese Prints of the Ukiyo-ye School Reproduced from the Collection of Ken-ichi Kawaura (1919), #140 (complete pentaptych)
DescriptionPentaptych, left to right: 21.7820, 21.7821, 21.7822, 21.7823, 21.7824

MFA impressions: 21.7820-4, 34.393a-e
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.