Procession by Brothel Women Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1754–1806)

ca. 1790s

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Two sheets of a triptych of larger

Dimensions

14 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (37.5 × 25.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse

Accession Number

1953.1.63

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Mrs. Jared Kirtland Morse (Caroline Roberts Morse) (1907–1982), Cromwell, Conn.; gifted in 1953 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

青楼仁和嘉　二の替り　Seirō niwaka ni no kawari\r\nThe name of women in the procession are written at upper section on eachj print. From right: Mina; Kayo; Shichi; Shina; Sato on the Right. The Left: Moto; Uta; Hide; Kichi. みな、かよ、志ち、志な、さと。　もと、うた、ひで、きち。

Signed

Utamaro hitsu, followed by a kiwame censor seal, round black relief; and a publisher seal

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