Lot Essay
Other impressions are held by the New York Public Library (see Asano Shugo, and Timothy Clark, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro [London and Tokyo: British Museum Press and Asahi Shimbun, 1995], pl. 62); and the Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo National Museum, ed., vol. 2 of Tokyo kokuritsu hakubutsukan zuhan mokuroku: Ukiyo-e hanga hen/Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum [Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1974], no. 1791).
For impressions in other publications see Kondo Eiko, Shindora korekushon ukiyo-e meihin ten/Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Schindler Collection, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Nikkei Shimbunsha, 1985), no. 54; Kobayashi Tadashi, Utamaro, vol. 5 of Ukiyo-e taikei (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973), pl. 29; Narazaki Muneshige, et al., Honoruru bijutsukan/Honolulu Academy of Arts, vol. 10 of Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), pl. 4; Shibui Kiyoshi, Utamaro, vol. 13 of Ukiyo-e zuten (Tokyo: Kazama Shobo, 1973), p. 46; Vignier and Inada, Utamaro..., Estampes Japonaises: Tires des Collection de...et Exposes au Muse des Arts Dcoratifs en Janvier 1912, reprinted in 2 vols., (Geneva: Minkoff Reprint, 1973), pl. XIX, no. 44; Wakakuwa Midori, Kakusareta shisen: Ukiyo-e, yoga no josei rataizo (Hidden line of vision: The female nude in ukiyo-e and Western painting), vol. 2 of Iwanami kindai Nihon no bijutsu (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1997), pl. 43; and Yoshida Teruji, Ranjuku jidai II, (The period of maturity, II) vol. 7 of Ukiyo-e taisei (Tokyo: Toho Shoin, 1931), no. 32.
Other impressions were sold in these Rooms, 27 March, 1991, lot 419; and 26 April, 1995, lot 104.
For impressions in other publications see Kondo Eiko, Shindora korekushon ukiyo-e meihin ten/Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Schindler Collection, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Nikkei Shimbunsha, 1985), no. 54; Kobayashi Tadashi, Utamaro, vol. 5 of Ukiyo-e taikei (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973), pl. 29; Narazaki Muneshige, et al., Honoruru bijutsukan/Honolulu Academy of Arts, vol. 10 of Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), pl. 4; Shibui Kiyoshi, Utamaro, vol. 13 of Ukiyo-e zuten (Tokyo: Kazama Shobo, 1973), p. 46; Vignier and Inada, Utamaro..., Estampes Japonaises: Tires des Collection de...et Exposes au Muse des Arts Dcoratifs en Janvier 1912, reprinted in 2 vols., (Geneva: Minkoff Reprint, 1973), pl. XIX, no. 44; Wakakuwa Midori, Kakusareta shisen: Ukiyo-e, yoga no josei rataizo (Hidden line of vision: The female nude in ukiyo-e and Western painting), vol. 2 of Iwanami kindai Nihon no bijutsu (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1997), pl. 43; and Yoshida Teruji, Ranjuku jidai II, (The period of maturity, II) vol. 7 of Ukiyo-e taisei (Tokyo: Toho Shoin, 1931), no. 32.
Other impressions were sold in these Rooms, 27 March, 1991, lot 419; and 26 April, 1995, lot 104.