Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)
Kitagawa UtamaroWW-1793-526693
1793·Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych·Right sheet: 37.8 × 24.5 cm (14 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Center sheet: 37.8 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Left sheet: 37.8 × 26.2 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Mat: 57.2 × 95.3 cm (22 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.)
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1793
- Dimensions
- Right sheet: 37.8 × 24.5 cm (14 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Center sheet: 37.8 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Left sheet: 37.8 × 26.2 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Mat: 57.2 × 95.3 cm (22 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.
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- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Year
- 1793
- Dimensions
- Right sheet: 37.8 × 24.5 cm (14 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Center sheet: 37.8 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Left sheet: 37.8 × 26.2 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Mat: 57.2 × 95.3 cm (22 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1793-526693
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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