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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.14.116
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Published by Wakasaya Yoichi
Title
A Flower of the Ōgiya (Ōgiya uchi Hana) [= the courtesan Hanaōgi], from the series Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Tōji zensei bijin zoroe)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 「当時全盛美人揃 扇屋内 花」
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1794 (Kansei 6)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209400

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
vertical ōban: H. 38.1 cm x W. 26.5 cm (15 x 10 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Utamaro hitsu
  • signature: Signature: Utamaro hitsu

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Osborn Taylor
Accession Year
1928
Object Number
1928.14.116
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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