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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.589
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Published by Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛
Title
Hour of the Rat [midnight]: The Mistress (Ne no koku, mekake), from the series A Clock of the Customs of Beauties (Fūzoku bijin tokei)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 「子ノ刻 妾　風俗美人時計」
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 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/208538

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
Vertical ōban: H. 38.6 cm x W. 26.3 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Utamaro hitsu
  • seal: Publisher's seal: Izumiya Ichibei (泉市版)
  • signature: Signature: Utamaro hitsu (歌麿筆)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.589
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 61, p. 60

Exhibition History

  • Masterworks of Ukiyo-e, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/20/1996 - 01/12/1997
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2016 - 08/11/2016

Verification Level

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