Kitagawa Utamaro (1754–1806)
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754–1806)

Preparing Food for a Nightingale

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754–1806)
Preparing Food for a Nightingale
Preparing Food for a Nightingale, a single sheet from the album Men's Stamping Dance (Otoko toka)

Woodblock print, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), 1798
Horizontal oban (25.3 x 37.7 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

This print is from a kyoka anthology album of 16 leaves, with six illustrations by Torin, Utamaro, Shigemasa, Ekishi, Eishi, and Hokusai.

For another impression of the same design in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/preparing-food-for-a-nightingale-from-the-album-mens-stamping-dance-otoko-t%C3%B4ka-234026