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Kintarô Holding Mask before Yamauba's Face


山姥に面をかぶせる金太郎
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Tôemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–1805 (Kansei 7–Bunka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 32.8 x 22.2 cm (12 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6572
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #758, pl. 186; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 211.1.2
DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark, also on 1999.227.
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Bing collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.