Details

Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) Two woodblock prints - the first of two beauties, one holding a birdcage, Fuchu from the series Bijin ichidai gojusan tsugi [Beauties one by one: Comparisons of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido], signed Utamaro hitsu; and a design of two ladies and a young girl beside a carriage, signed Utamaro hitsu; both framed and glazed, the frames applied with tortoiseshell Both oban tate-e (57 x 46cm. including frames) (2)

Provenance

Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire

Special Notice

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