UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (d. 1829)*
UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (d. 1829)*

TWO GEISHA PREPARING FOR A CONCERT EDO PERIOD, BUNKA ERA (1804-18)

Details
UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (d. 1829)*
Two geisha preparing for a concert
Edo period, Bunka era (1804-18)
Signed Toyohiro ga, sealed Utagawa
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
37 x 15.1/8in. (95.3 x 38.4cm.)
Provenance
Takeoka Toyota, Kobe
Exhibited
Kyoto Imperial Museum, 1923

"Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art," shown at the following venues:
Sendai City Museum, Sendai, 1988.6.11--7.17
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 1988.9.6--10.9
Sogo Museum, Yokohama, 1988.10.20--11.13

Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo, "Edo no fashon, kaikan kinen ten, Part 1: Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e ni miru onnatachi no yosooi/'Fashion of Edo': Women's dress in Ukiyo-e Paintings," 1989.6.14--7.2

Lot Essay

published:

Azabu Museum of Art, and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art, introduction by Kobayashi Tadashi, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 97.

Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, and Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts, eds., Edo no fashon, kaikan kinen ten, Part 1: Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e ni miru onnatachi no yosooi/"Fashion of Edo": Women's dress in Ukiyo-e Paintings, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1989), pl. 49.

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), no. 46.

Kyoto Imperial Museum, ed., Tokubetsu tenran: Ukiyo-e shuei (Special exhibition: Collection of ukiyo-e), exh. cat. (Kyoto: Benrido, 1923), nn.

Nagata Seiji, Iki no bi, ukiyo-e (The beauty of chic, ukiyo-e), vol. 7 of Meiga to deau bijutsukan (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1992), p. 43.

Yoshida Teruji, Ranjuku jidai 1 (The period of maturity, 1), vol. 6 of Ukiyo-e taisei (Tokyo: Toho Shoin, 1931), no. 295.


Takeoka Toyota was one of the major collectors of ukiyo-e in the Kansai region. One hundred of his paintings were exhibited at the Kyoto Imperial Museum in 1923.