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Kitchen Scene


台所
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 51.3 cm (14 15/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7407-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #70; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #206; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #347.1-2, pls. 5-6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 21.1.1-2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #232; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #341
DescriptionDiptych: 21.7407 (left), 21.7408 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14207 (right sheet only; different state, without wooden bucket), 21.7407-8, 34.269a-b
Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa (on each sheet)
改印:なし
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.