Lot Essay
For another impression see Shibui Kiyoshi, Utamaro, vol. 13 of Ukiyoe zuten (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973), p. 81.
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Tamaya nai Madoka (Madoka of the Tamaya)
Details
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
Tamaya nai Madoka (Madoka of the Tamaya)
Half-length portrait of the courtesan holding a haori (outer coat) decorated with a paulownia crest, the names of her kamuro, Hagino and Ogino, inscribed beside her own, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Ibaya Kyubei--good impression, trimmed top and bottom, faded, soiled, foxed and creased, upper corners rubbed, pin hole worming
oban tate-e: 35.5 x 25.1cm.
Tamaya nai Madoka (Madoka of the Tamaya)
Half-length portrait of the courtesan holding a haori (outer coat) decorated with a paulownia crest, the names of her kamuro, Hagino and Ogino, inscribed beside her own, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Ibaya Kyubei--good impression, trimmed top and bottom, faded, soiled, foxed and creased, upper corners rubbed, pin hole worming
oban tate-e: 35.5 x 25.1cm.