UTAMARO: oban tate-e (35.9 x 24.5 cm.); a portrait of the courtesans Akashi and Madoka of the Tamaya, from the series Seiro bijin meika awase "A comparison of beauties of the greenhouses and famous flowers", signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Iwatoya Kisaburo- good impression, faded and toned, tears restored