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Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Date:

c. 1797/98

Artist:

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Title

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

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.

1792–1803

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

37.9 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1929.76

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