UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (37.3 x 25.2cm.); from the series Yukun kagami hakkei, a parody of Act VII of Chushingura, a young man is reading a letter and a courtesan also trying to read it with the aid of a mirror, signed Utamaro hitsu--good impression, faded, soiled, especially around the edges, lightly backed, pasted onto a paper board at the top, right bottom corner damaged and restored