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The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women)
Utamaroc. 1796
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- Title: The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women)
- Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
- Date Created: c. 1796
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 36.2 x 23.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: Carl William Schraubstadter [1862–1947], New York, NY, (American Art Association, February 12, 1921 sale, lot 794), (Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.345
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Inscriptions: Signature: Utamaro hitsu. Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Mura).
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Gift from J. H. Wade
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1921.345
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