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Double Pillow


二つ枕
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25.6 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6616
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #193 (complete triptych); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #568.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 206.1.1
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych (see 21.6526 for center sheet)
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Charles Jacquin; January 20, 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at January 17-22, 1921 sale of Mr. Charles Jacquin's collection at the Walpole Galleries, New York, lot #110; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.