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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Shiba Suminoe (Suminoe at Shiba)
Details
KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Shiba Suminoe (Suminoe at Shiba)
Woodblock print, from the series Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe (Comparing the charms of the five beauties), signed Shomei Utamaro hitsu and sealed Honke (true line), published by Omiya Gonkuro, circa 1795-96
Vertical oban: 14 ¾ x 10 1/8 in. (37.5 x 25.7 cm.)
Shiba Suminoe (Suminoe at Shiba)
Woodblock print, from the series Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe (Comparing the charms of the five beauties), signed Shomei Utamaro hitsu and sealed Honke (true line), published by Omiya Gonkuro, circa 1795-96
Vertical oban: 14 ¾ x 10 1/8 in. (37.5 x 25.7 cm.)
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Massachusetts
Exhibited
“Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA”, exh. cat. p. 51, no. 83, exhibited at the following venues:
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4 October, 1994
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4 October, 1994
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Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Japanese and Korean Art