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Artist/Maker
Kitagawa Utamaro
(Japanese, 1753 – 1806)
Publisher
Yama-Mura
(Japanese)
Date1802
MediumNishiki-e color woodblock print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 9 1/2 in. (14 × 9 1/2 in.)
Frame: 21 × 16 in. (21 × 16 in.)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (39.4 × 26 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1996.15.38
Not on view
DescriptionEdo period okudi-e (bust portrait) of an oiran, or high-level courtesan.
The woman faces right, biting down onto a handkerchief. In the text, she describes a trip to the Kabuki theater where she saw actor Segawa Kikunojô's final performance. She then mentions that actors Ichikawa Komazô and Segawa Michinosuke visited a theater box next to her box. The conversation then trails into discussion of a hairpin and a cat.
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Alternate Titles
Geisha
The Chatterbox
Precocious Girl
Ochappii
The Chatterbox
Precocious Girl
Ochappii
Provenance
1996: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by bequest of William G. Roehrick, Jr.
Published References
Gina Collia-Suzuki, "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro: A Descriptive Catalogue." Exeter: Nezu Press, 2009. pp.189-190.
Signature
Recto, lower left corner
Inscribed
Recto, top center: [untranslated Kanji]
Verso, backing paper, upper right (pencil): "Roehrick"
Verso, bottom edge of artwork (pencil): "UTAMARO. 2"
Verso, backing paper, upper right (pencil): "Roehrick"
Verso, bottom edge of artwork (pencil): "UTAMARO. 2"
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