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No. 1 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)


「女織蚕手業草 壱」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–1800 (Kansei 10–12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number19.147
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #325; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #447; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #149
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.147, 21.7321, 34.241

Optionally, the series can be assembled into a continuous 12-sheet image.
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
Inscriptions蚕種の紙に産み付けたるが三月中気穀雨前後に生まれ出るをかへるといふなり
既に帰り出て一番二番などゝ別ち折敷ヘ入 桑の葉をこまかにきざみあたふるなり
これを黒子とも壱つずへともいふなり
Provenance1919, acquired by exchange from Yamanaka & Co. (Accession date: May 1, 1919)