The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 3, 2023

The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women)

c. 1796

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print

Sheet: 36.2 x 23.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)

Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.345

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signature: Utamaro hitsu. Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Mura).

Provenance
?–1921
Carl William Schraubstadter [1862–1947], New York, NY
February 12, 1921
(American Art Association, February 12, 1921 sale, lot 794)
1921
(Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1921–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Vincent Van Gogh. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 25-April 19, 1936).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1921.345