Mother Teaching her Daughter Calligraphy, from the series, Twelve Occupations of Women

Utamaroc. 1798

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Title: Mother Teaching her Daughter Calligraphy, from the series, Twelve Occupations of Women
Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Date Created: c. 1798
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 38.8 x 25.2 cm (15 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Provenance: Tadamasa Hayashi, Julio E. van Caneghem (sale: Walpole Galleries, March 3, 1921, lot 259), (Yamanaka & Co.)
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.337
Medium: color woodblock print
Inscriptions: Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Waka)
Department: Japanese Art
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Credit Line: Gift from J. H. Wade
Collection: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1921.337

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