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Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Kokin


二代目山下金作の小きん
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
1795 (Kansei 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.6 x 13.8 cm (11 5/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6351
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #654.3, pl. 86; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 218.2.4; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #34; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #367
DescriptionPossibly a triptych: 21.6350 (right), 11.22119 (center), 21.6351 (left)

Play: Kaeribana Yuki no Yoshitsune
Theater: Miyako
帰花雪義経(かえりばなゆきのよしつね)

Signed Utamaro ga
歌麿画
Marks No censor's seal
Collector's seal: Kyôsai shû
改印:なし
ProvenanceFormerly in the collections of Kawanabe Kyôsai and Kenkichi Hirakawa; March 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.