Mother and Child with Two Puppies on a Summer Night

夏の宵

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1806 (Bunka 3), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 25 cm (15 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Accession Number47.15

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #427.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 194.3.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #819

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Tiger 6
改印：極、寅六

Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession date: January 9, 1947)