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Two beauties, one holding a fan and insect cage, Odawara from the series Bijin ichidai gojusan tsugi (Beauties one by one: Comparisons of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido) Courtesan combing her hair, peonies, wisteria and poem above, from the series Tenkachi bijin ikebana awase (Comparison of beauties with ikebana) Half-length portraits of the courtesans Kasugano and Utahama, from the series Seiro yukun awase kagami (Face-to-face mirrors of the Yoshiwara)
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
Two beauties, one holding a fan and insect cage, Odawara from the series Bijin ichidai gojusan tsugi (Beauties one by one: Comparisons of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido)
Courtesan combing her hair, peonies, wisteria and poem above, from the series Tenkachi bijin ikebana awase (Comparison of beauties with ikebana)
Half-length portraits of the courtesans Kasugano and Utahama, from the series Seiro yukun awase kagami (Face-to-face mirrors of the Yoshiwara)
Each signed Utamaro hitsu, second published by Izumiya Ichibei, third by Yamadaya Sanshiro--good impressions, gauffrage second and third, faded, soiled, stains, laid down second, top trimmed third
oban tate-e: 39.3 x 26.8cm., first; 36.6 x 25.1cm., second; 39 x 25.5cm., third (3)
Two beauties, one holding a fan and insect cage, Odawara from the series Bijin ichidai gojusan tsugi (Beauties one by one: Comparisons of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido)
Courtesan combing her hair, peonies, wisteria and poem above, from the series Tenkachi bijin ikebana awase (Comparison of beauties with ikebana)
Half-length portraits of the courtesans Kasugano and Utahama, from the series Seiro yukun awase kagami (Face-to-face mirrors of the Yoshiwara)
Each signed Utamaro hitsu, second published by Izumiya Ichibei, third by Yamadaya Sanshiro--good impressions, gauffrage second and third, faded, soiled, stains, laid down second, top trimmed third
oban tate-e: 39.3 x 26.8cm., first; 36.6 x 25.1cm., second; 39 x 25.5cm., third (3)