Lot Essay
For six designs from this series see Shugo Asano and Timothy Clark, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro (London, 1995), no. 325-326.
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
Number 6, from the series Joshoku kaiko tewaza-guza [Women Engaged in the Silk-Making Industry], depicting silkworms making cocoons, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsuruya Kiemon, good impression, some fading of colours, good condition, slight soiling at the lower edge
Oban tate-e: 37.1 x 24.5cm.
Number 6, from the series Joshoku kaiko tewaza-guza [Women Engaged in the Silk-Making Industry], depicting silkworms making cocoons, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsuruya Kiemon, good impression, some fading of colours, good condition, slight soiling at the lower edge
Oban tate-e: 37.1 x 24.5cm.
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