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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Sato suzume negura no kariyado [The Yoshiwara sparrows' temporary nest], an amusingly anthropomorphic triptych depicting a crowded street scene in front of a house of entertainment in the Edo pleasure quarter in which all the characters are portrayed as birds in human form, signed Ichiryusai Kuniyoshi ga, good impression, some fading of colour, good condition
Oban triptych: 14 3/8 x 29½in. (36.5 x 75cm.) approx. (3)
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Lot Essay

Another impression of this rare print is held in the Bidwell Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts and is illustrated in Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc., Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Tokyo: 1966), no. 262

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