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I was hoping someone could help me with the calligraphy. Does anyone know the artist or what this says?

This appear to be a modern reproduction of a print from Kitagawa Utamaro, probably reproduced by Adachi corp in the 1950's

Inscriptions,
木挽町新やしき　　-　Kobiki-chō、Arayashiki
小伊勢屋　おちゑ　- Koiseya Ochie (Ochie of Koiseya Teahouse)
歌麿画　-　Utamaro-ga - Picture of Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿　1753-1806
Ukiyo-e artist

With regards,
I.Nagy

You have a repro of a Japanese woodblock print by Utamaro titled "Ochie of Koiseya Teahouse". See link below.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Ochie of Koiseya Teahouse

Thank you so much! Great info!

There are no pixel dots. Does that mean it's not a print but something else?

Utamaro's prints were often reproduced. They take an original print and carve new woodblocks from the print. Thus, it is a woodblock print, but NOT an original print. Typically, a repro Utamaro will sell in the $50 - $100 range on the artelino.com auction site. An original Utamaro in excellent condition goes for thousands of dollars.

Look at this page to answer your questions:

https://www.viewingjapaneseprints.net/texts/topics_faq/faq_intro.html

In particular, read the link below about original prints.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Original Prints

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