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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Copper pheasants, wagtail (Yamadori sekirei), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎
  • Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Title

Copper pheasants, wagtail (Yamadori sekirei)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 22.9 x 37 cm (9 x 14 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom center in pencil: EGR dup[text and poems] Kyoka (light verse) poems byMonaka no Tsukimaro and Mantokusai

Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro

Seals: Artist's seal | Utamaro | within the album

Identification

Edition

Edition: Compare this worn impression with 38.010 (Kobayashi pl. 208) Box 58 in the collection.

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1139

Copper pheasants, wagtail (Yamadori sekirei)
Momo chidori kyoka awase (A myriad of birds compared with kyoka poems)

Edition: Compare this worn impression with 38.010 (Kobayashi pl. 208) Box 58 in the collection.

Inscription verso, bottom center in pencil: EGR dup[text and poems] Kyoka (light verse) poems byMonaka no Tsukimaro and Mantokusai

Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro

Seals: Artist's seal | Utamaro | within the album

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
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