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The same print is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, accession no. 1939.2185.
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Ushi no koku, Tatsumi (Hour of the ox: Fukagawa pleasure quarter)
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Ushi no koku, Tatsumi (Hour of the ox: Fukagawa pleasure quarter)
Woodblock print, from the series Fuzoku bijin tokei (Customs of beauties around the clock), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1798-99
Vertical oban: 15 1/8 x 10 in. (38.4 x 25.4 cm.)
Ushi no koku, Tatsumi (Hour of the ox: Fukagawa pleasure quarter)
Woodblock print, from the series Fuzoku bijin tokei (Customs of beauties around the clock), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1798-99
Vertical oban: 15 1/8 x 10 in. (38.4 x 25.4 cm.)
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