KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Chasen uri, kuroki uri, saimon (Tea-whisk seller, fire wood seller, shrine festival dancer)
Woodblock print with silver mica ground, from the series Seiro niwaka onna geisha (Female geisha section of the Niwaka Festival of Yoshiwara), signed Utamaro ga, published by Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), 1793
Vertical oban: 15 x 10 1/8 in. (38.1 x 25.7 cm.)
KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Chasen uri, kuroki uri, saimon (Tea-whisk seller, fire wood seller, shrine festival dancer)
Woodblock print with silver mica ground, from the series Seiro niwaka onna geisha (Female geisha section of the Niwaka Festival of Yoshiwara), signed Utamaro ga, published by Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), 1793
Vertical oban: 15 x 10 1/8 in. (38.1 x 25.7 cm.)