1916.666: The Hour of the Horse [noon]: Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko), from the series A Clock of the Customs of Beauties (Fūzoku bijin tokei)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1916.666
- People
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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Published by Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛
- Title
- The Hour of the Horse [noon]: Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko), from the series A Clock of the Customs of Beauties (Fūzoku bijin tokei)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 「風俗美人時計 午ノ刻 神子」
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1798-1799 (Kansei 10-11)
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/210236
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Technique
- Woodblock print
- Dimensions
- vertical ōban: H. 38 cm x W. 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Utamaro hitsu
- signature: Signature: Utamaro hitsu 歌麿筆
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
- Accession Year
- 1916
- Object Number
- 1916.666
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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