id:			111687
accession number:	1930.216
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.216
updated:		2022-03-16 09:00:21.454000

Cleaning Combs, c. late 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.216

title:				Cleaning Combs
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creation date:			c. late 1790s
creation date earliest:		1797
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Utamaro hitsu
Publisher: Omiya Gonkuro (Omiya, emblem)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1934-09-05T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).

	title:		Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris
	opening date:   2012-10-04T00:00:00
	<i>Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Yamanaka & Co., sold to Edward L. Whittemore)
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	Edward L. Whittemore [1862–1930], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1930
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1930–
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fun fact: 


digital description: 
In this print, a mother who has put up her child's hair into a neat bun cleans the comb. By the latter part of the Kansei era, or 1789-1801, Utamaro was frequently incorporating the activities of daily life into his images of beauties. Beyond serving as portraits, and depicting the bonds between mothers and children, the prints also take the view of a detached observer in their representations of everyday settings.

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IMAGES

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