Art Acquisitions

ART ACQUISITION
Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿)
(Japanese, 1793–1806)
Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gonpachi (Miuraya Komurasaki Shirai Gonpachi), from the series “True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love” (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami), ca. 1793–94
Japanese, Edo period, 1615–1868
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper
38.7 × 26 cm
Published by Nishimuraya Chō 西村屋長
Acquired in 2021; Princeton University Art Museum, Gift of the P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art, Twentieth Anniversary