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高名美人判じ絵集 おきた
Naniwaya Okita (second edition, without rebus title)
高名美人判じ絵集 おきた
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797 (Kansei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24 cm (14 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6365
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #491.2.2; and 14 (1981), pl. 173 (first edition, with rebus and publisher's mark); Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 195.2.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #299 (1st ed.)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22121, 21.6365 (both second edition)
First edition published by Matsumura.
First edition published by Matsumura.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#377); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.