UTAMARO: oban tate-e (38.2 x 26 cm.); the courtesan Kusugano of the Tamaya seated at a writing table and turning to admire the love poem she has just inscribed on the fan in her left hand, her attendant Uraha Hatsuse standing with hands clasped, reading the message on the fan, from the series Seiro settsugekka "Snow, moon and flowers in the green houses", signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Murataya Jirobe--good impression, slightly faded, a few random small stains and small tears