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On Top of and beneath Ryôgoku Bridge


両国橋上下 (下)
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 x 76 cm (14 5/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7404-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #254; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #299.4-6 (lower tier); Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 19.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #376 (complete); Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #319
DescriptionTriptych (lower half of two-tier hexaptych): 21.7404 (left), 21.7405 (center), 21.7406 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14484-6, 21.7404-6
Two sheets of the upper half: 21.7437-8
Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceJuly 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.