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Collections

Kitagawa Utamaro
Drying and Stretching Clothcirca 1797-1798

Not on view
Japanese woodblock triptych print, three panels showing elegantly dressed women in patterned kimonos with children, bamboo, and trees, in crisp lines and flat color
Japanese woodblock print depicting two women in patterned kimono outdoors; one stands in a plaid and red floral kimono, the other leans over a low rail in blue striped hakama, with a terracotta basin at lower right and green foliage above; vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy and a red seal at right.
Japanese woodblock print depicting two women in kimono; one stands in a dark floral kimono with coral underrobe and elaborate hair ornaments, while a second figure seated on a veranda is visible through a bamboo blind, rendered in pale gray tones. Vertical Japanese calligraphy and a seal at lower right.
Japanese woodblock print, two figures in patterned kimono beneath a leafy tree branch; a standing woman in dark blue sprigged kimono holds a small doll toward a kneeling child in pink floral robes who reaches upward; a rooster forages at lower right; artist's seal and signature in vertical columns at right.
Artist or Maker
Kitagawa Utamaro
Japan, 1753-1806
Title
Drying and Stretching Cloth
Date Made
circa 1797-1798
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Dimensions
.1, .3) Image and sheet: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm) each; .2) Sight: 14 x 9 5/8 in. (35.56 x 24.45 cm); Framed: 38 x 22 x 1 in. (96.52 x 55.88 x 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky
Accession Number
M.2011.135.1.1-.3
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Hockley, Allen, ed. The Women of Shin Hanga: The Judith and Joseph Barker Collection of Japanese Prints. Hanover: Hood Museum of Art, 2013.