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Kintarô Combing the Hair of Yamauba

Kintarô Combing the Hair of Yamauba

(Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
(Japanese)
about 1795–1805 (Kansei 7–Bunka 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.1 × 25.7 cm (14 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number1999.227
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceMary Stevenson Cassatt (b. 1844 - d. 1926); until 1999, by descent within the family of Mary Cassatt; 1999, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: June 23, 1999)
Group shot: 50.21, 11.21692
Apprentice Courtesan (Shinzô) (right), Female Peddler (Onna akindo) (left), from the book Comparisons of the Customs of Women (Onna fûzoku shinasadame)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Yamauba and Kintarô Winding String for Kite
Yamauba and Kintarô Winding String for Kite
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1801–04 (Kyôwa 1–4)
Peeping
Peeping
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1799 (Kansei 11)
Fond of Going Out (Dezuki), from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things in the Modern World (Tôsei kôbutsu hakkei)
Fond of Going Out (Dezuki), from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things in the Modern World (Tôsei kôbutsu hakkei)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)
Reading a Book, from the series Fashionable Comparisons of Precious Children (Fûryû kodakara awase)
Reading a Book, from the series Fashionable Comparisons of Precious Children (Fûryû kodakara awase)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)
Fishing at Iwaya, Enoshima
Fishing at Iwaya, Enoshima
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Act IX (Kudanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
Act IX (Kudanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Act VII (Shichidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
Act VII (Shichidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Act III (Sandanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
Act III (Sandanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Fishing with a Scoop Net
Fishing with a Scoop Net
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1800–01 (Kansei 12–Kyôwa 1)
Elegance at Four in the Afternoon (Hiru nanatsu no toki no fûzei), from the series The Sundial of Summer in the Floating World (Ukiyo natsu no hidokei)
Elegance at Four in the Afternoon (Hiru nanatsu no toki no fûzei), from the series The Sundial of Summer in the Floating World (Ukiyo natsu no hidokei)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1806 (Bunka 3)
The Decorated Lantern of the Treasure Boat (Takarabune ômando no zu), from the series Female Geisha Section of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara (Seirô niwaka onna geisha)
The Decorated Lantern of the Treasure Boat (Takarabune ômando no zu), from the series Female Geisha Section of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara (Seirô niwaka onna geisha)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1797 (Kansei 9)