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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.566
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Courtesan Akashi of the Tamaya, kamuro Uraji and Shimano, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seirō nana Komachi)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1796
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208535

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban: H. 37.2 cm x W. 25.1 cm (14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Shomei 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
1933.4.566
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 086; p. 99 (entry p. 189)

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