Shaving the Nape of the Neck, from the series Elegant Five-Needled Pine (Fûryû goyô no matsu)

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Shaving the Nape of the Neck, from the series Elegant Five-Needled Pine (Fûryû goyô no matsu)

「風流五葉の松」　襟剃り

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1797–98 (Kansei 9–10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25.4 cm (15 1/4 x 10 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6531

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #533.2.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 94.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #390; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #210

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenanceJanuary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.