| Maker(s): | Kitagawa Utamaro I
| | Culture: | Japanese (1753-1806)
| | Title: | Advertisements and Publisher's Colophon, from the illustrated book Momo Chidori Kyoka Awase [Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition], second edition
| | Date Made: | 1791
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); sumizuri-e, ink on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14 3/4 in; 24.4 x 37.5 cm; Plate: 8 7/8 x 14 5/8 in; 22.5 x 37.1 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Momo Chidori Kyoka Awase / Akamatsu Kinkei sen / Mae itsusatsu / Go itsusatsu / [ill.]]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character,Ikyoku Tansei Jo / Ru / Ni satsu / Sanjuroku [ill.]]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Ehon Fukujuso / Negotoken Birin sen / itsusatsu / Fukuju no hito [ill]]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Fugen Zo / Tsuburi Hikaru sen / itsusatsu / hana no meisho o [ill.]]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Gako Kitagawa Utamaro]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Utamaro]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Shorin / Toto Tokiwabashi Suki Kita e Hachi Chome Tori Abura Cho / Jihon Soshi Tonya / Tsutaya Juzanburo Shi]; SEAL: recto, upp. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, [ill.] [ill.]].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.425.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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