Parody of the Six Immortal Poets

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Parody of the Six Immortal Poets

見立六歌仙

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 50.3 cm (14 15/16 x 19 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7433-4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #76; Jenkins et al, The Floating World Revisited (1993), #IV-11; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #17.1.1, 17.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 8.1.3-4

DescriptionDiptych: 21.7433 (left), 21.7434 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14190VR (11.14190, 11.14475), 21.7433-4

Signed Utamaro ga (on each sheet)
歌麿画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.