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Oshichi and Kichisaburo (from the series Music on the Theme of Constancy in Love)

c. 1800

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 36.6 x 24.5 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.352
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented print on tan paper depicts four people with light skin tones. Centrally, a woman in a tan, patterned kimono stands looking down. To her right, a man in a blue polka-dotted robe gazes upward. Lower left, a seated youth and a woman's head are visible. Japanese calligraphy marks the upper corners. At the base, stylized golden clouds float against a blue ground.

Oshichi and Kichisaburo (from the series Music on the Theme of Constancy in Love)

c. 1800

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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