Courtesan with a Doll, from the series Twelve Physiognomies of Beautiful Women Representing Scenes of Famous Places (Meisho fûkei bijin jûnisô) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Courtesan with a Doll, from the series Twelve Physiognomies of Beautiful Women Representing Scenes of Famous Places (Meisho fûkei bijin jûnisô)

Courtesan with a Doll, from the series Twelve Physiognomies of Beautiful Women Representing Scenes of Famous Places (Meisho fûkei bijin jûnisô)

「名所風景美人十二相」　人形

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.5 x 26.2 cm (15 9/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6512

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #585.12

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.