Lot 35
  • 35

KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806)VISITING KOMACHI (KAYOI KOMACHI) EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 36 x 25 cm., 14 1/8  x 9 7/8  in. 
woodblock print, from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi (Futaba-gusa nana Komachi), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), circa 1803 vertical oban: 

Condition

- Some restoration around top right-hand corner. - There is a tape residue to the reverse. - Small holes repaired.
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Catalogue Note

For an impression in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 34.262, go to: www.mfa.org