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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.667.1
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Courtesan Nakagawa of the Matsubaya (Matsubaya no Nakagawa)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Matsubaya no Nakagawa
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, circa 1799
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210131

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 37.4 cm x W. 24.9 cm (14 3/4 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 Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.667.1
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

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