Lovers Parting in the Morning, from the series Elegant Five-Needled Pine (Fûryû goyô no matsu)

「風流五葉の松」　後朝

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sôkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Modern impression from Edo-period block?

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 40.6 x 27.8 cm (16 x 10 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Anonymous gift

Accession NumberRES.49.25

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #533.4.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 94.2.4; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #392

DescriptionFull-color print with different publisher's mark: 11.14320.

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

Provenance1949, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 10, 1949)