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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.667.2
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Courtesan Utagawa of the Matsubaya (Matsubaya no Utagawa)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Matsubaya no Utagawa
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, circa 1799
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194884

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 37.5 cm x W. 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Utamaro hitsu

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.667.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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