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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro [missing title cartouche: Children Parody the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei Kodomo Rokkasen)]

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806
Medium: Woodblock print
Place Made: Japan
Dates: ca. 1804
Period: Edo Period
Inscriptions: Signature: Utamaro hitsu (lower right). Poetry above figures not yet translated.
Collections: Asian Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 82.191
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Wallace
Image: Overall, 82.191_bw_IMLS.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Elaborately garbed lovers shown seated with potted plum tree at left. Poetry above (not translated). Condition: Breaks in key block line, especially around faces of figures. paper is badly creased and colors have faded slightly. Arrived with its own mat.

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