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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Act XI, beauties and Utamaro

Fermé16 March 2021

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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Act XI, beauties and Utamaro
Woodblock print, left sheet of a diptych, from the series Komei bijin mitate Chushingura junima tsuzuki (The Chushingura drama parodied by famous beauties), published by Omiya Gonkuro
Vertical oban: 14 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (37.5 x 24.8 cm.)

Henrii Vever (1854-1943), Paris, sold Sotheby's London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illusted Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, 26 MArch 1974, lot 188.

Note du spécialiste

The scene parodies Act XI, "The Night attack," of the popular drama "Treasury of loyal retainers." Utamaro portrays himself, being offered a large cup of sake, impersonating Moronao, the villain who is killed in this act. For another impression in the British Museum, London see Narazaki Muneshige and Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Daiei hakubutsukan/The British Museum...., vol. 11 of Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), pl. 186 (diptych). Other diptychs are in The Art Institute of Chicago and the Tokyo National Museum.