Utagawa Kunisada II (1823 - 1880)
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Utagawa Kunisada II (1823 - 1880)

Courtesans of the House of Owariya Hikotaro Viewing Cherry Blossoms

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Utagawa Kunisada II (1823 - 1880)
Courtesans of the House of Owariya Hikotaro Viewing Cherry Blossoms
Temporary quarters of the New Yoshiwara: Courtesans of the House of Owariya Hikotaro Viewing Cherry Blossoms (Shin Yoshiwara karitaku, Owariya Hikotaro kakae yujo hanami zu)

Woodblock triptych, three sheets of a pentaptych, each sheet signed Kunisada ga, published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 1866 (Keio 2), 2nd month
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.5 x 25.2 cm.)

Specialist note

For two sheets of the design in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, accession number 11.38953a-b, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-new-yoshiwara-in-temporary-quarters-courtesans-of-the-house-of-owariya-hikotar%C3%B4-viewing-cherry-blossoms-shin-yoshiwara-karitaku-owariya-hikotar%C3%B4-kakae-y%C3%BBjo-hanami-zu-464282

For the complete pentaptych in the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design, Museum no. 23.014, go to:
https://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/3566_temporary_quarters_of_the_new_yoshiwara_courtesans_patronized_by_owariya_hikotaro_viewing_cherry_blossoms_shin_yoshiwara_kataku_owariya_hikotaro_kakae_yujo_hanami_zu