Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo
Depicting the tragic lovers Oshichi, the greengrocer's daughter, and Kichisaburo, the young temple-servant, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Murataya Jirobei--good impression, faded, soiled, stained, creased, repairs hashira-e: 63.5 x 14.6cm.
拍品專文
For another impression see Asano Shugo and Timothy Clark, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, exh. cat. (London and Tokyo: British Museum Press and Asahi Shinbun, 1995), pl. 344.