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No. 9 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)


「女織蚕手業草 九」
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; 38.8 x 25.9 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7329
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.9; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.3.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #455; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #157; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 325-6 (this design not shown)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.155, 21.7329, 34.249

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繭を糸にくり取図

生繭を塩に浸すことあり
大き成壺の内底に竹の簀を入 其上に桐の葉を敷 又其上に繭を敷ならべ
また其上 桐の葉を敷て塩をふりかけ よく蓋をして上を泥にて塗ふさぎ
七日して取出し 釜に入 籰(わく)にかけて糸にくり取なり
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.