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四手綱
Fishing with a Scoop Net
四手綱
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1800–01 (Kansei 12–Kyôwa 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76 cm (14 3/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number54.1470-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #362; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #574.1-3, pls. 178-80 (this impression); Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 41.2.1-3; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #320
DescriptionTriptych: 54.1470 (left), 54.1471 (center), 54.1472 (right)
MFA impressions: 06.598 (right sheet only), 11.14499-501 (complete triptych), 54.1470-2 (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 06.598 (right sheet only), 11.14499-501 (complete triptych), 54.1470-2 (complete triptych)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)