Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Curatorial Overview

“Iconic Japanese Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") woodblock print from the Edo/Meiji era.”

MediumColor woodblock prints; oban triptych

DimensionsAll three sheets: 38.5 × 74.4 cm (15 3/16 × 29 5/16 in.); Left sheet: 38.2 × 24.8 cm (15 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Center sheet: 38.3 × 25 cm (15 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Right sheet: 38.5 × 25.6 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

OriginJapanese

InstitutionThe Art Institute of Chicago

Accession No.1939.2141

Credit LineClarence Buckingham Collection

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Continuing the Universe of Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Ukiyo-e • Japanese • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku)

Curatorial Overview

Continuing the Universe of Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Continuing the Universe of Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806