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Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-machi itchôme, kamuro Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-machi itchôme, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka)


「江戸町壱丁目 玉屋内 若梅 むめの いろか」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 23.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6394
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #127; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #27.2, pl. 121; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 50.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #171; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #33
DescriptionPossibly designed as a triptych: 21.6395 (left), 21.6394 (center), 21.6396 (right).

MFA impressions: 11.14300, 21.6394
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal: Wakai oyaji
改印:極
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Vignier collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.