Woman Making Up Her Lips

口唇

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Iseson (Ise-Mago)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1795–96 (Kansei 7–8)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 23.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6532

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #253; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #338

DescriptionOnly one other impression is known; it is in a private collection in Japan.

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Y. Sumitomo; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.