Spinning, from the series Women's Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity (Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami)

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Spinning, from the series Women's Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity (Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami)

「婦人手業操鏡」　糸くり

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamahide (Yama-Shû) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1797–98 (Kansei 9–10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6400

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #281 (this design mentioned but not illustrated); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #502.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 170.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #216

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#587); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.