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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) | The Ide Jewel River (Ide Tamagawa) | Edo period, late 18th century

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

The Ide Jewel River (Ide Tamagawa)

Edo period, late 18th century


woodblock print, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Matsumura Tatsuemon, circa 1795-96, (no publisher’s seal on this impression)


Vertical oban: 37.8 x 25.2 cm., 14⅞ x 9⅞ in.

This print is from a series of six bust portraits of Yoshiwara courtesans. In each design there is a fan-shaped cartouche containing landscapes and indicators associated with each Jewel River, overlaid by a poem paper-shaped cartouche containing a kyoka poem.


Another example of the same print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.6460, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/234125