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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.608
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Pink Octopus and Three Dancing Women from the series Glorious Amusements of the Brothel Niwaka Festival (Seiro Niwaka zensei asobi)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Seiro Niwaka zensei asobi
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, circa 1800-1806
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208782

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "aiban" format; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 31.5 x W. 23 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/16 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
1933.4.608
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 091; p. 100 (entry p. 189)

Verification Level

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