Elegance at Four in the Afternoon (Hiru nanatsu no toki no fûzei), from the series The Sundial of Summer in the Floating World (Ukiyo natsu no hidokei)

「浮世夏の日時計　昼七ッ時の風性」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1806 (Bunka 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 23.5 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.599

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #221.2

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.599, 11.14428

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross