UTAMARO: oban tate-e (38.4 x 25.4 cm.); an attendant at an archery gallery kneeling before a target, from the series Edo mutamagao "Six jewel faces of Edo", with an oblong cartouche decorated with iris subtitled Konokimi nasake-bakashi "the compassionate one", signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Yamaguchiya Tobei- very good impression, slightly faded, good condition,only slightly rubbed in corners