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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Lot 120

KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Ogiya uchi Hanaogi, Takigawa (Hanaogi and Takigawa of the Ogiya)

Closed16 March 2021

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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Ogiya uchi Hanaogi, Takigawa (Hanaogi and Takigawa of the Ogiya)
Woodblock print, from the series Seiro yukun awase kagami (Courtesans of the pleasure quarters in double mirrors), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Yamadaya Sanshiro
Vertical oban: 15 ¼ x 10 1/8 in. (38.7 x 25.7 cm.)

Specialist note

The two courtesans are depicted as half-length portraits, one drawing her outer kimono around her shoulders, the other with a writing brush in one hand and scroll of paper in the other.
The another impression, see the British Museum (1906,1220,0.322).