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Woodpecker Gosbeak
by Utamaro Kitagawa 1750-1806
| Item | 13968 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, May 1, 2005 |
| Title | Woodpecker Gosbeak |
| Artist | Utamaro Kitagawa 1750-1806 |
| Description | A sheet from the folding album, "Momo Chidori Kyoka Awase" (Myriad Birds Compared in Humorous Verse) playful kyoka poems matched with different birds. White-backed Woodpecker (kitsutsuki) and yellow-billed gosbeak (mamemawashi). |
| Dated | Originally ca. 1790, this is a re-carved edition made in ca.1950s. |
| Publisher | Re-carved edition by Adachi. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Excellent ... (re-carved). |
| Colors | Excellent. |
| Condition | Excellent - very good. |
| Format | Oban yoko-e |
| Width Item | 15.9 inches = 40.5 cm |
| Height Item | 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm |
| Literature | Shugo Asano, Timothy Clark, "Kitagawa Utamaro" Catalogue for exhibition by Chiba City Museum and The British Museum, Asahi Shimbun, 1995, - pg.234, pl.475 this series described |
| Note | This print was hand-made by skillful artisans after a great original of a famous woodblock print. Sheets printed during the artist's lifetime are either very expensive or no longer available. |
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