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Auctions - USA & Canada

Fine Japanese Works of Art

Bonhams New York
580 Madison Avenue,
New York 10022, USA
Sep 15, 2015


Phone No.: +1 212 644 9001
Fax: +1 212 644 9009
Contact Email: [email protected]
Site URL: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22462/

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806): Shioi no tsuto (Gifts from the Ebb Tide), circa 1789
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806): Shioi no tsuto (Gifts from the Ebb Tide), circa 1789
9 7/8 x 7 1/2in (25 x 19cm)
Illustrated kyoka anthology, one volume, color woodblock with mica and brass dust; consisting of ten leaves: one double-page preface, eight double-page illustrations, and one double-page postscript with colophon signed Kitagawa Utamaro zu and sealed Jisei ikke, publisher notation of Koshodo Tsutaya Juzaburo shi, circa 1789 – very good impression (lacks the purple wave pattern and green ground [illustrations of sea shells]), very good color, some soiling and mica losses, small tears at the edges of the center fold, rebound, wear to original dark blue cover with traces of ink notation to the reverse.

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