Woman Reading a Letter, from the series Ten Classes of Women's Physiogonomy (Fujo ninsô juppon)

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Woman Reading a Letter, from the series Ten Classes of Women's Physiogonomy (Fujo ninsô juppon)

「婦女人相十品」　文読む女

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 24.5 cm (14 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6392

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #62; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #18.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 491.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #105; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #43

Signed Sôkan Utamaro kôga (Thoughtfully drawn by Utamaro the physiognomist)
相見歌麿考画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.