Lot Essay
For another impression see Asano Shugo and Timothy Clark, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, exh. cat. (London and Tokyo: British Museum Press and Asahi Shinbun, 1995), pl. 344.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo
Details
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo
Depicting the tragic lovers Oshichi, the greengrocer's daughter, and Kichisaburo, the young temple-servant, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Murataya Jirobei--good impression, faded, soiled, stained, creased, repairs
hashira-e: 63.5 x 14.6cm.
Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo
Depicting the tragic lovers Oshichi, the greengrocer's daughter, and Kichisaburo, the young temple-servant, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Murataya Jirobei--good impression, faded, soiled, stained, creased, repairs
hashira-e: 63.5 x 14.6cm.