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Maker(s):Kitagawa Utamaro I
Culture:Japanese (1753-1806)
Title:The Busy-Body Type, from the series Tosei Kobutsu Hakkei [Eight Views of Favorite Things in the Modern World]
Date Made:1802
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Image: 14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in; 35.9 x 23.8 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, ctr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Utamaro hitsu]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Tosei Kobutsu Hakkei]; TITLE; recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.] [ill.] zuki].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.441.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Vertical view of a dandy picks his teeth while a woman to the left holding a battledove (hagoita).

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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