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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.581
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Courtesan Kamiya Jihei and Kinokuniya Koharu, from the series True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami: Kamiya Jihei, Kinokuniya Koharu
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1798-1799
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208509

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban format: H. 37.7 cm x W. 24.1 cm (14 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Utamaro hitsu
  • inscription: Printed: Kiwame seal; Publisher's trademark and seal.
  • collector's mark: Wakai Oyaji (Wakai Kenzaburō)

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
1933.4.581
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Fiorillo, "Tragedy and Laughter in the Floating World: Shinjû in the works of Utamaro and Kyôden", Andon, Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts (The Hague, Netherlands, June 1996), 54, Page 5 / Fig. 1

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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