Portrait of a Beauty from a series Female Physiognomy of Ten Classes

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1754–1806)

Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Credit Line

Gift of J. Watson Webb, B.A. 1907, and Electra Havemeyer Webb

Accession Number

1942.73

Geography
Culture
Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

James Watson Webb (1884–1960) and Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–960) Collection, Burlington, VT; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1942
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Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts, portraits

Inscriptions

Fujo Ninsō Jippin (Ten Lady Faces, 婦女人相十品)\r\nSōgan Utamaro kōga (Looking at Each Other: Utamaro's idea and painting, 相観 歌麿考画)

Signed

Physiognomy examined and painted by Utamaro; seal: Tsutaya (there is no "kiwame" or inspector seal).

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