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Another impression is illustrated in Shugo Asano and Timothy Clark, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, (London, 1995), no. 106
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754 - 1806)
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754 - 1806)
Takashima Ohisa, a waitress in a Ryogoku tea-house, famed for her beauty, holding a fan
The accompanying poem slip, signed Karabana no Tadaaya, rhapsodises over her qualities
Aikyo mo Charms and tea are brimming over
Cha mo koboretsutsu and neither goes cold
Samenu nari let me not awake
Yoi hatsuyume no from this lucky New Year's dream
Takashimaya tote at Takashima
signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, censor's seal kiwame, good impression with mica background, some fading of colours, good condition, some creases in the mica, restoration of left-hand and right-hand edges
Oban tate-e
Takashima Ohisa, a waitress in a Ryogoku tea-house, famed for her beauty, holding a fan
The accompanying poem slip, signed Karabana no Tadaaya, rhapsodises over her qualities
Aikyo mo Charms and tea are brimming over
Cha mo koboretsutsu and neither goes cold
Samenu nari let me not awake
Yoi hatsuyume no from this lucky New Year's dream
Takashimaya tote at Takashima
signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, censor's seal kiwame, good impression with mica background, some fading of colours, good condition, some creases in the mica, restoration of left-hand and right-hand edges
Oban tate-e
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