UTAMARO: oban tate-e (37.9 x 24.6 cm.); two beauties preparing for the Chrysanthemum Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month, the seated woman arranging a vase of chrysanthemums and the standing woman holding a tea kettle tied with a spray of chrysanthemums, a koto and black box in the background, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Izumiya Ichibei--good impression, slightly faded, small worm hole, paper thin