BEAUTY WITH BOW AND QUIVER

published:

Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten (Exhibition of masterpieces of ukiyo-e painting), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Mitsukoshi Department Store, Ikebukuro, 1977), no. 101.

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Bunka pl. 59.


"Betsujin" ("Another") Utamaro is a name given to one or more artists who signed themselves "Utamaro" or "Kitagawa shujin".


"BETSUJIN" UTAMARO (19th century)*
Beauty with fan gazing at the reflection of the moon
Signed Kitagawa shujin hitsu, sealed Kitagawa and with another seal
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
50.1/8 x 22.3/8in. (127.5 x 57cm.)

"BETSUJIN" UTAMARO (19th century)*
Beauty with shamisen
Signed Utamaro hitsu, and sealed
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
50 x 11in. (129 x 28cm.)

ISSUISAI HOZAN (late 18th--early 19th century)*
Beauty adjusting her hairpin
Signed Issuisai Hozan, sealed Issui Hozan
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
36.5/8 x 14.7/8in. (93 x 37.7cm.)