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Utamaro Kitagawa 1750-1806 - Courtesan

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Courtesan
by Utamaro Kitagawa 1750-1806

Item	10736
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Date Sold	Sunday, September 5, 2004

Title	Courtesan
Artist	Utamaro Kitagawa 1750-1806
Description	"Komei Bijin Mitate Chushingura" (Famous Beauties; Chushingura Parodied) One of the set of 12 prints. Courtesan Kisegawa puts make-ups on a veranda while another is reading a letter. The scene was alluded to Act 7, Chushingura in which Okaru and villain Kudayu were spying Yuranosuke's letter.
Signature	Utamaro hitsu.
Dated	Ca. 1794-95.
Publisher	Ohmi-ya.
Censor	Kiwame
Impression	Very good.
Colors	Fair ... mostly faded.
Condition	Fair ... dark toning, wear and soil, large thin area on the middle right, several pin size worm holes, a crease on the lower left.
Format	Oban tate-e
Width Item	10.0 inches = 25.5 cm
Height Item	15.2 inches = 38.5 cm
Literature	Shugo Asano, Timothy Clark, "Kitagawa Utamaro" Catalogue for exhibition by Chiba City Museum and The British Museum, Asahi Shimbun, 1995, - pg.160, pl.210-7

Chushingura and Ukiyo-e

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