UTAGAWA KUNINAO (1795-1854)*

BEAUTIES OF THE THREE PLEASURE QUARTERS IN THE EASTERN CAPITAL: SNOW, MOON AND FLOWER EDO PERIOD, LATE BUNSEI (1818-30)--TENPO (1830-44) ERAS

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UTAGAWA KUNINAO (1795-1854)*
Beauties of the three pleasure quarters in the eastern capital: Snow, Moon and Flower
Edo period, late Bunsei (1818-30)--Tenpo (1830-44) eras
Each signed Toto Ukiyoan Kuninao ga and sealed Kuninao
Set of three hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
34.3/8 x 11in. (87.4 x 29.2cm.) each (3)

Exhibited

Oita Prefectural Art Hall, Oita City, 1986.1.4--2.2

"Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art," shown at the following venues:
Sendai City Museum, Sendai, 1988.6.11--7.17
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 1988.9.6--10.9
Sogo Museum, Yokohama, 1988.10.20--11.13

Lot Essay

published:

Azabu Museum of Art, and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art, introduction by Kobayashi Tadashi, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 96.

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), pls. 77-79.

Ukiyo-e Utagawa-ha ten: Toyoharu kara shodai Hiroshige made (Exhibition of the Utagawa school of ukiyo-e: From Toyoharu to Hiroshige I), exh. cat. (Oita City: Oita Prefectural Art Hall, Oita Prefectural Board of Education, and Oita Godo Shimbunsha, 1986), nos. 7-9.