Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple (Shimizu Komachi), from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi (Futaba-gusa nana Komachi)

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Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple (Shimizu Komachi), from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi (Futaba-gusa nana Komachi)

「二葉草清水小町」　（二葉草七小町　清水小町）

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 27.2 cm (15 3/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter

Accession Number34.260

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #428 (this print described but not illustrated); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #115.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 141.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #749

DescriptionIn this design the series title and subtitle are run together as Little Seedlings: Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple (Futaba-gusa Shimizu Komachi).

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)