Fine Japanese Prints

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) | A scene of women at a bathhouse from the play Famous Places in Japan: A Thousand Cherry Blossom Trees (Yamato meisho senbonzakura) | Edo period, 19th century

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December 14, 01:43 PM GMT

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3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) 

A scene of women at a bathhouse from the play Famous Places in Japan: A Thousand Cherry Blossom Trees (Yamato meisho senbonzakura)

Edo period, 19th century 


woodblock print, each sheet signed hanmoto no konomi ni tsuki Kunisada ga (pictured by Kunisada according to the publisher's taste), censor's seal kiwame, published by Suzuki Ihei, circa 1810-19


Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 38.5 x 26 cm., 15⅛ x 10¼ in. 

For a further example of the same print in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (The V&A), accession number E.5555-1886, go to: 

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69274/scene-of-women-at-a-woodblock-print-utagawa-kunisada-i/