KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e, a heptaptych, each sheet approx. 37.5 x 25cm., the courtesans impersonating members of the cortege of the Korean ambassador, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--good impressions, rather faded, small restorations, some with stains, one with a vertical fold mark, very slightly soiled (7)
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e, a heptaptych, each sheet approx. 37.5 x 25cm., the courtesans impersonating members of the cortege of the Korean ambassador, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--good impressions, rather faded, small restorations, some with stains, one with a vertical fold mark, very slightly soiled (7)
Lot Essay
Another of one of the heptaptych is illustrated in Hillier, Utamaro (London 1961), p. 122