Fine Japanese Prints

Fine Japanese Prints

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 30. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) | The courtesans Hanaogi from the Ogiya house, Hanamurasaki from the Tamaya house and Yosoi from the Matsubaya house (Ogiya uchi Hanaogi, Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Matsubaya uchi Yosoi) | Edo period, 19th century.

Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) | The courtesans Hanaogi from the Ogiya house, Hanamurasaki from the Tamaya house and Yosoi from the Matsubaya house (Ogiya uchi Hanaogi, Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Matsubaya uchi Yosoi) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) 

The courtesans Hanaogi from the Ogiya house, Hanamurasaki from the Tamaya house and Yosoi from the Matsubaya house (Ogiya uchi Hanaogi, Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Matsubaya uchi Yosoi)

Edo period, 19th century 


woodblock print, triptych, aizuri-e, each sheet signed Gototei Kunisada ga, censor's seal kiwame, published by Yamamoto Heikichi (Eikyudo), circa 1830s 


Vertical oban triptych:

Left sheet: 37.3 x 25.5 cm., 14¾ x 10 in.

Centre sheet: 37.6 x 25.7 cm., 14⅞ x 10⅛ in.

Right sheet: 37.8 x 25.5 cm., 14⅞ x 10 in.

For a similar impression of the same triptych in the collection of the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, go to:

https://artmuseum.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/database/collection/18573


A similar triptych design, printed in colours instead of aizuri, is in the collection of the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden), accession numbers RV-1353-772, RV-1353-773, and RV-1353-774, go to:

https://collectie.wereldculturen.nl/#/query/c7309cb9-35bf-414f-b0