UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (38.5 x 25.4cm.); a bust portrait of Hitomoto of the Daimonjiro, reclining slightly and revealing her neck, her right hand holding a pillow covered with tissue, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--very good impression, slight soiling, minor restoration, slight trimming
UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (38.5 x 25.4cm.); a bust portrait of Hitomoto of the Daimonjiro, reclining slightly and revealing her neck, her right hand holding a pillow covered with tissue, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--very good impression, slight soiling, minor restoration, slight trimming

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UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (38.5 x 25.4cm.); a bust portrait of Hitomoto of the Daimonjiro, reclining slightly and revealing her neck, her right hand holding a pillow covered with tissue, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--very good impression, slight soiling, minor restoration, slight trimming
Literature
For a similar example see, Ukiyo-e shuka, (Shogakkan, Tokyo, 1981), vol. XIV, p. 78, Shibui, K., Ukiyo-e zuten (Kazama Shobo, Tokyo, 1964), p.72

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