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Maker(s):Kitagawa Utamaro
Culture:Japanese (1753-1806)
Title:Hashigami no Suzumi [Cool off on a bridge],
Type:Print
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Sheet: 29 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 75.6 cm x 39.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Utamaro hitsu]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Utamaro hitsu]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Utamaro hitsu]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.] / hon omi ya / kaya machi]; SEAL: recto, lwr. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.] / hon omi ya / kaya machi]; SEAL: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.] / hon omi ya / kaya machi].
Accession Number:  MH 2000.551.1.INV
Credit Line:Source and date of acquisition unknown
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A horizontal 19th-century copy of a design originally by Utamaro: nine women standing along a bridge with one holding a boy in arms in the middle. The original design consists of six prints (hexaptych): the image shown here is the top three-print view and another three prints compose another view beneath the bridge with groups of women sailing boats (see MH 2000.551.2.INV).

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