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Lot 201 Dα

Utagawa Kunisada - Beauties

Auction 1249 - overview Cologne
18.06.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.100 €
Bid

Utagawa Kunisada

Beauties

Two ōban. a) Series: Fūryū mitate Nana Komachi. Title: Sotoba. Courtesan with pipe compared to Ono no Komachi. Signed: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga. Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon. Censor: kiwame. 1843-1847. b) Beauty in the snow. Signed: Ichiyōsai Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Yamashiroya Jinbei. Censors: Mera and Murata. 1847-1852. (2) a) Very good impression, blind printing, good colours, silver, repaired worm damage in margins, centre fold, mounted in mat at upper corners; b) fair impression, good colours, somewhat rubbed and soiled, small repaired holes, mounted in mat at upper corners.

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany; a) previously Shobisha, Tokyo; b) previously M. Nakazawa Co., Tokyo

Exhibitions

Compare: b) Two copies of this same print with the signature “Kunisada aratame nidai Toyokuni ga” are located in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (nos. 11.42299 and 11.29358)