Sale 5496
London, South Kensington
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12 May 2010
Price realised
GBP 1,625
Estimate
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) A couresan kneeling in a boat at night, her kimono with butterflies and a spiders web in silver, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, fine impression and good colour, slight creasing Shikishiban surimono
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Literature
Robert Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (Amsterdam, 1998), p.252, no.1.9, and R. Illing, The Art of Japanese Prints, (London, 1980), p.139, pl.158
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