1965.497: Osan and Mohei, from the series "True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love" (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1965.497
- People
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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
- Title
- Osan and Mohei, from the series "True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love" (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami: Osan, Mohei
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- Late Edo period, circa 1798-1799
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/202914
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
- Dimensions
- Paper: H. 38.7 cm x W. 25.5 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (printed) Utamaro hitsu
- seal: Collector's seal: Albert Maroni (1852-1923)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- 1965.497
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Masterworks of Ukiyo-e, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/20/1996 - 01/12/1997
Verification Level
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