About to Breastfeed, from the series Elegant Comparisons of Little Treasures (Fûryû kodakara awase)

「風流子宝合」　乳

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25 cm (14 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach in memory of Charles Hovey Pepper

Accession Number54.1522

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #418; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #259.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 151.2.1

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

Provenance1954, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)