UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (37.9 x 25.1cm.); an okubi-e portrait of Kisegawa of Matsubaya with a rebus revealing her name, from the series Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe, signed Shomei Utamaro hitsu, sealed Honke and published by Omiya; EIZAN (1787-1867): aiban tate-e (35.8 x 24.2cm.); a lady standing with a child from the series Furyu kodakara awu mu Tamagawa, signed Eizan hitsu and published by Soshuya Yohei--very good impression, the first with good colour, the second lightly faded, slightly trimmed (2)

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UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e (37.9 x 25.1cm.); an okubi-e portrait of Kisegawa of Matsubaya with a rebus revealing her name, from the series Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe, signed Shomei Utamaro hitsu, sealed Honke and published by Omiya; EIZAN (1787-1867): aiban tate-e (35.8 x 24.2cm.); a lady standing with a child from the series Furyu kodakara awu mu Tamagawa, signed Eizan hitsu and published by Soshuya Yohei--very good impression, the first with good colour, the second lightly faded, slightly trimmed (2)
Literature
For a similar print to the first, see Asano,S. and Clark,T. The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, (Asahi Shimbun, 1995), P. 125, PL. 232

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