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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.549
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Housecleaning (Susuhaki)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Susuhaki
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, circa 1797-1799
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208376

Physical Descriptions

Medium
First panel from an "ōban" pentaptych: Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 37.0 cm x W. 24.5 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Utamaro hitsu

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
1933.4.549
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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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