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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.575
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
The Courtesan Usugōri from the Tsuruya (Tsuruya uchi Usugōri)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Tsuruya uchi Usugōri
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, circa 1797
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208040

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 38.3 x W. 25.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: Collector's seal: Wakai Oyaji (Wakai Kenzaburō

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
1933.4.575
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Narazaki Muneshige, Ukiyo-e shuka [Collection of the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints in Museums] Volume 8: Foggu Bijutsukan [Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University], Neruson Bijutsukan [Nelson Atkins Museum]..., Shogaku-kan (Tokyo, Japan, 1980 [Showa 55]), Color Plate 089; p. 100 (entry p. 189)

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