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歌麿筆Utamaro Hitsu as Sealed-From Six Houses of Yoshiwara-Publisher Omiya Gonkuro 1990
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This authentic woodblock print is the edition acquired directly from Japanese Publisher in 2009 and it is in GSY Gallery House Collection, GSY Select in the last 15 years.
The quality of this woodblock print is up to Museum Standard.
The colouring is as fresh as in the year when it was published 3 decades ago by its Japanese Publisher.
( comes with GSY Studio Certificate)
Title: Kōmei Bijin Rokkasen (高名美人六家撰, "Renowned Beauties from the Six Best Houses" -- Portrait of Naniwaya O-Kita, with the seal saishutsu (再出)
Kansei Period –Edo Era 1789-1801
Catalogue Raisonné:
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #314.4; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 58.1.4
Signed with :
Utamaro hitsu 歌麿筆
Marks 改印：なし : No censor's seal
Provenance 1990-1999
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (1750s–1806)
Publisher: Omiya Gonkuro , Japan.
1st published: Edo period about 1801
Medium/Technique : Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
ink and colour on paper
Dimensions : Vertical ôban; 39.8 x 26.8 cm
Kitagawa Utamaro is one of the most important ukiyo-e artists of Edo Era in Japan. He was known for his Bijin-Ga woodblock prints artworks, which later inspired French Impressionism, many artists like Van Gogh studied Edo Era Japanese artist's artwork like Utamaro's.
His print images depict classic and elegant Japanese geisha and female characters, from mothers to children. He is also well known for his nature subjects and erotic Sunga images, as most Japanese masters of the era would do. Utamaro produced a few thousand prints in his lifetime, making him a truly dedicated and prolific artist in Japanese art history.
Utamaro’s works are collected by the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and Boston MFA in the U.S.A.
Most recent examples of his prints have realised over £700,000 at auction houses worldwide ( in 2016, his print made a world record for ukiyo-e Japanese Woodblock print auction record).
Credit Line:
GSY Studio Gallery acquired from Omiya Gonkuro Publisher, Japan and it was made possible through the GSY House Select Collection Fund, Gallery purchases with funds 2009-2020.
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ConditionExcellentColorsMulti ColorMaterialPaperNumber of items1First ownerYesOrientationPortraitArt sizeSmallHeight40 cmWidth27 cm
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