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A Flower of the Ôgiya (Ôgiya uchi Hana) [=Hanaôgi], from the series Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Tôji zensei bijin-zoroe)


「当時全盛美人揃 扇屋内 花」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.6 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6611
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #148 (first ed. illustrated, this ed. described); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #229.9.2, .pl. 47; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 145.3.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #86; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #86
DescriptionFrom the second edition of the series, with the series title changed and Hanaôgi's name altered, presumably in response to her attempted elopement in 1794.
MFA impressions: 11.14257, 21.6611
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; February 10, 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.