UTAMARO: oban tate-e (38.5 x 24.8 cm.); Wakanaya uchi Shiratsuya Momenya no Otokoyama, the courtesan Shiratsuya of the Wakanaya writing on a sheet of paper, from the series Natori sake rokkasen "Famous brands of sake and six selected courtesans", the brand name of the sake, Otokoyama, inscribed in the subtitle cartouche and on the vat of sake beside the title cartouche, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Tsuruya Kiemon--good impression, color faded, worming partially restored, soil and light stains