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Bunraku Puppetry from the series Competition of Precious Children Proud of their Arts, Among Seven Scrolls

芸自慢子宝合せ七幅之内（文楽）

1805

Kitagawa Utamaro II 喜多川 歌麿二代

(Japanese, d. 1831?)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
36 x 26.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1033
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented color woodblock print depicts three figures with light skin tones in patterned robes. At our right, a woman with elaborate hair ornaments looks toward a wooden bookstand. In the center, a youth in a brown garment sits on a low platform, supporting a child in pink robes who raises a white chrysanthemum flower. Vertical Japanese calligraphy accents the upper right on the aged, textured paper.

Bunraku Puppetry from the series Competition of Precious Children Proud of their Arts, Among Seven Scrolls

1805

Kitagawa Utamaro II

(Japanese, d. 1831?)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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