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The Hour of the Horse (Uma no koku), from the series Sundial of Young Women (Musume hidokei)


「娘日時計 午ノ刻」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 26 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6547
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #191; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #165; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #213.3.1, pl. 7; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 148.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #257; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #54
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMarch 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.