UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Lot 89PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)

Summer Section (Natsu no bu)

Closed18 June 2020

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UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Summer Section (Natsu no bu)
From the series Modern Views of the Four Seasons (Tosei shiki no nagame)
Woodblock print
Each sheet signed Toyokuni ga
Censor's seal aratame
Published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudo), 3rd month 1856
42.8 x 83 cm. (16 7/8 x 32.5/7 in.) overall, including mount

Specialist note

An interior view of a brothel in the Yoshiwara. A lively morning scene with a courtesan assisting her male customer with his haori, whilst a young maid approaches to hand him his inro and fan.

For the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession nos. 11.15155, 11.15174, and 11.15219, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/507331/summer-section-natsu-no-bu-from-the-series-modern-views-o