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Courtesan Wakaume from the Tamaya in Edomachi 1-chome

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Courtesan Wakaume from the Tamaya in Edomachi 1-chome 江戸町壱丁目 玉屋内 若梅 むめの いろか
by Utamaro 1 Kitagawa (1753-1806)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Artist: Utamaro 1 Kitagawa (1753-1806) 喜多川歌麿
Title: Courtesan Wakaume from the Tamaya in Edomachi 1-chome 江戸町壱丁目 玉屋内 若梅 むめの いろか
Series: 
Date of first edition?1793-1794
Publisher (first edition)?Tsutaya Juzaburo 蔦屋重三郎
Publisher (this edition)?Tsutaya Juzaburo 蔦屋重三郎
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 46584
Notes (first edition)?
Utamaro (1753-1806)
Courtesan Wakaume from the Tamaya in Edomachi 1-chome
Size: 14.25" x 9.75"
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: c. 1793-1794
Signature: Utamaro hitsu
Publisher: Tsutaya Juzaburo
Seals: Kiwame

Inscription:
Poem, by Hachi no Nankô: Shiromuku no/ yuki no uchi yori/ saki-idete/ na mo kôbashiki/ Wakaume no hana
白むくの 雪のうちより 咲いでゝ 名もかうばしき 若梅の花  蜂南江

Signed: Utamaro hitsu 歌麿筆

Censor's seal: kiwame 改印:極


CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Asano and Clark 1995, #127; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #27.2, and pl. 121; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 50.1.2; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #33
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-machi itchôme, kamuro Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-machi itchôme, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka)

「江戸町壱丁目 玉屋内 若梅 むめの いろか」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)
Artist Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806), Publisher Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)

CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Asano and Clark 1995, #127; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #27.2, and pl. 121; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 50.1.2; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #33

DIMENSIONS
Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 25.6 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)


MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Inscription
Poem, by Hachi no Nankô: Shiromuku no/ yuki no uchi yori/ saki-idete/ na mo kôbashiki/ Wakaume no hana
白むくの 雪のうちより 咲いでゝ 名もかうばしき 若梅の花  蜂南江

Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極

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