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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) serenading Jorurihime [Lady Joruri] by flute (Ushiwakamaru jorurihime), Edo (Japanese period)

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Title

Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) serenading Jorurihime [Lady Joruri] by flute (Ushiwakamaru jorurihime)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 35.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/8 x 10 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso (reverse of Part C), bottom right in pencil: EGR 192

Signature: Utamaro hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1144C

Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) serenading Jorurihime [Lady Joruri] by flute (Ushiwakamaru jorurihime)

Inscription verso (reverse of Part C), bottom right in pencil: EGR 192

Signature: Utamaro hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

The Triptych Format in Japanese Woodblock Prints

December 6, 1991 - January 26, 1992
A three-part woodblock print in muted tones. Lavishly dressed women play music in a room opening onto a garden. A young man plays the flute outside the garden fence.

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri by Flute, Edo (Japanese period)
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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) serenading Jorurihime [Lady Joruri] by flute (Ushiwakamaru jorurihime), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) serenading Jorurihime [Lady Joruri] by flute (Ushiwakamaru jorurihime), Edo (Japanese period)
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