Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku)

About 1803

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
Dimensions: All three sheets: 38.5 × 74.4 cm (15 3/16 × 29 5/16 in.); Left sheet: 38.2 × 24.8 cm (15 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Center sheet: 38.3 × 25 cm (15 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Right sheet: 38.5 × 25.6 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Collection no.: 1939.2141
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku) — Utamaro. About 1803.

Medium: Color woodblock prints; oban triptych. Dimensions: All three sheets: 38.5 × 74.4 cm (15 3/16 × 29 5/16 in.); Left sheet: 38.2 × 24.8 cm (15 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Center sheet: 38.3 × 25 cm (15 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Right sheet: 38.5 × 25.6 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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