Online Auction 13380From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints from 18th to 20th Century
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)
Lot 5

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)

The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Kado-Tamaya

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GBP 10,625

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)
The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Kado-Tamaya
The courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Kado-Tamaya, from the series “Famous Flowers of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters” (Seiro bijin meika awase)

Woodblock print, published by Wakasaya Yoichi, circa 1801
Vertical oban (37 x 24.9cm.)

Specialist note

For a different design from the same series in the Art Institute of Chicago, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/60302

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