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Utamaro Kitagawa - Twelve Courtesans of the Ogiya - 1806 Rare

Utamaro Kitagawa - Twelve Courtesans of the Ogiya - 1806 Rare


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Kitagawa Utamaro (1750s-1806)
The right panel of the triptych, Twelve Courtesans of the Ogiya (Brothel) on Display
Date: 1806, 6th month.
Size: Visible image: 15 x 10 inches. Board size: 16 x 11.75 inches.
Publisher: Omiya Gonkuro
Signed: Utamaro hitsu.
Censor's seal: Kiwame
Catalog references: Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #316.1-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 12 (1980), pls. 192-4; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 20.3.1-3.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Laid down to board. Fading and marks.
Note: The full triptych is in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston - William Sturgis Bigelow Collection.