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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.612
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Kisen Hōshi, from the series Tōsei kodomo rokkasen
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Tōsei kodomo rokkasen: Kisen Hōshi
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period,
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208724

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 37.8 cm x W. 25 cm (14 7/8 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
1933.4.612
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]), Figure 54; p. 177

Verification Level

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