The Faddish Type from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women
c. 1793
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japanese Art
The Faddish Type from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women, c. 1793. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.218 Only two impressions from this series have pink mica.
- Maker/Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 婦人相学十躰／相見 歌麿画 極／蔦屋 重三郎の屋号 Translation: Titled: Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women; signed: Physiognomy and design by Utamaro; censor's seal; published: Emblem of Tsutaya Jūzaburō
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1930.218
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
- Exhibitions
- Japanese Decorative Style, Transformations in Japanese Printmaking, <em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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