UTAMARO: oban tate-e (37.2 x 25.5 cm.); a double half length portrait of one young woman combing the hair of another, from the series Fujin tewaza juniko "Twelve forms of women's handiwork", signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Wakasaya Yoichi- very good impression, color faded away, pale grey ground, slightly soiled toward edges