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Peony: Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya at Edo-machi Itchôme, kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta, from an untitled series of courtesans compared to flowers


太夫花見立 芍薬 「江戸町一丁目 扇屋内 花扇 よしの たつた」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 25.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6462
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #180.2; Ukiyo-e shûka 10 (1979), pl. 131; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 78.3.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #676
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14315, 21.6462

The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark. The Honolulu impression has the mark of publisher Maruya Jinpachi and some differences in the color blocks along the lower edge.
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#40); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.