UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (35.9 x 21.3cm. ea. approx.); from the series Furyu goyo no matsu; and the courtesans Hinatsuru and Karakoto of Chojiya, published by Matsuyasu, both signed Utamaro hitsu; and another of the courtesan Segawa of Matsubaya; TSUKIMARO (fl. ca. 1800s-1820s); oban tate-e (36.6 x 24.5cm. ea. approx.); a bust portrait of a young woman reading a letter, published by Marubun; another from the series Rokkasen egao kurabe, a reclining lady reading and holding a pipe, published by Ise Mago, both signed Kikumaro hitsu; a triptych; from the series Gotai heiki shiraiishibanashi, nanatsume courtesans and kamuro gathered around a hibachi and a dressing stand, signed Tsukimaro hitsu--overall fairly good impression and lightly faded, some with foxing and slight soiling, the first and third trimmed, the fourth backed, minor wormholes (8)

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UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (35.9 x 21.3cm. ea. approx.); from the series Furyu goyo no matsu; and the courtesans Hinatsuru and Karakoto of Chojiya, published by Matsuyasu, both signed Utamaro hitsu; and another of the courtesan Segawa of Matsubaya; TSUKIMARO (fl. ca. 1800s-1820s); oban tate-e (36.6 x 24.5cm. ea. approx.); a bust portrait of a young woman reading a letter, published by Marubun; another from the series Rokkasen egao kurabe, a reclining lady reading and holding a pipe, published by Ise Mago, both signed Kikumaro hitsu; a triptych; from the series Gotai heiki shiraiishibanashi, nanatsume courtesans and kamuro gathered around a hibachi and a dressing stand, signed Tsukimaro hitsu--overall fairly good impression and lightly faded, some with foxing and slight soiling, the first and third trimmed, the fourth backed, minor wormholes (8)
Literature
For a similar print to the first and for the series, see Shibui, K., Ukiyo-e zuten, (Kazama Shobo, Tokyo, 1964), p. 94

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