Doing the Laundry by the Well Curb (Idobata no sentaku to araihari)

Arts of Asia

c. 1795

Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国
Japanese, 1769–1825

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Title: Doing the Laundry by the Well Curb (Idobata no sentaku to araihari)
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1790–1800
Medium: Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
Dimensions: Right sheet: 37.8 × 24.3 cm (14 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Center sheet: 37.9 × 24.2 cm (14 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Left sheet: 38 × 24.3 cm (15 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1930.395
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Life of Edo, 9 min. film by IMAGICA IMAGE WORKS CO., Japan, screened at the Japanese Pavilion at the International Expo 2008, Zaragoza, Spain (6/14/08 - 9/14/08).

The Baron Fujita Family Collection. Yamanaka & Company; sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, Apr. 1930; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 1930.Formerly Baron Fujita Collection.
Sold by Yamanaka and Co. to Kate S. Buckingham in April 1928.
Given by Kate S. Buckingham to the Art Institute to become part of the Clarence Buckingham Collection in 1930.

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