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MFA impressions: 19.155, 21.7329, 34.249
Signed
Utamaro hitsu 歌麿筆
Provenance
1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Japanese, Edo period, about 1798–1800 (Kansei 10–12)
- Artist Kitagawa Utamaro I, Japanese, (?)–1806
- Publisher Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô), Japanese
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.9; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.3.1; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #157; the series: Asano and Clark 1995, #s 325-6 (this design not shown)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39 x 25.5 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
34.249
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper