UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (34.8 x 23.1cm.); Okoma of Shiroki and Obana Saizaburo from the series Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo , the hairdresser Saizaburo combing the shop keeper Johachi's hair who is watching the lovers in his hand mirror--good impression and slightly faded, trimmed

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UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (34.8 x 23.1cm.); Okoma of Shiroki and Obana Saizaburo from the series Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo , the hairdresser Saizaburo combing the shop keeper Johachi's hair who is watching the lovers in his hand mirror--good impression and slightly faded, trimmed
Literature
For a similar example, see Hillier, J., Utamaro, (Phaidon Press, 1961), pl. 72, and for three prints from the same series, see Asano, S. and Clark, T. The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, (Asahi Shinbun, 1995), p. 180, pl. 347, 348, 349

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