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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)

Karakoto of the Chojiya with a kamuro

Closed12 July 2018

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GBP 2,125

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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)
Karakoto of the Chojiya with a kamuro
The courtesan Karakoto of the Chojiya with a kamuro, from the series Famous Flowers of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin meika awase)
Woodblock print, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Iwatoya Kisaburo, circa 1801
Vertical oban (38.4 x 25.8 cm.)

Specialist note

For a different design from the same series in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, accession number 1928.319, go to:
www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/60302

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