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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.574
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Courtesan Yaegiku of the Matsubaya (Matsubaya uchi Yaegiku)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Matsubaya uchi Yaegiku
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, circa 1797-1798
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208537

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and colors on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 38.2 cm x W. 25 cm (15 1/16 x 9 13/16 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
1933.4.574
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John M. Rosenfield, "Japanese Printing and Graphic Arts of the Edo Period", Apollo (New Series), Apollo Publications Inc. (London, England, June 1978), vol. CVII, no. 196, pp. 470-476, Page 473 / Plate 15
  • John M. Rosenfield, Japanese Printing and Graphic Arts of the Edo Period, Apollo (London and New York, June 1978), vol. 107, pp. 470-476
  • 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 090; p. 100 (entry p. 189)

Exhibition History

  • Women and the Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/10/1994 - 03/05/1995
  • 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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