KAKUZETSU RO HINADORI: DANCE OF THE ISOLATED DOLLS. [I.E. DANCE OF THE LONELY PR

UTAMARO, Kitagawa.

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Kyoto 1950's. Kyoto Hanga In. Single woodblock color print, 26.8 x 40 cm., margins included pristine, as new, lightly mounted on a mat, superb color, flawless. . . *** *** *** . . . STUNNING WORK BY THE GREAT MASTER . . Utamaro Kitagawa, (1750 -1806), a Japanese Woodblock reprint, hand woodblock printed in full color, a stunning copy of the original. . *** This is a very tender view of a Bijin [Japanese beauty], a prostitute, she holds her hand on her chin as she gazes into the Ukiyo [Floating World]. the void, dreaming of another world.another time. . *** PUBLISHING STUDIO DATA: The publisher's name, carver's name and bibliographical data are found in the left margin of this print. . *** CONDITION: This print is pristine, flawless, with stunning color, and the very rare crushed mica background, top edge deckle. . *** TITLE: The title reads: "Kakuzetsu-ro Hinadori." "Geisha Hinadori at the Kakuzetsu-ro [prostitution] House. . *** THE CARVER/PRINTER: This print was expertly carved by Harada Kame and superbly printed by Ito Satoshi. . *** WHO WAS UTAMARO: KITAGAWA Utamaro [1754-1806], was the son and pupil of Toriyama Sekiyen, one of the leading artists of the Ukiyo-E School. The foremost painter of women. He had several pupils and innumerable imitators and forgers of his name, among the latter were Toyokuni and more particularly Yeizan. Extracted from Stewart below. . *** REFERENCES: STEWART, Basil. JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS AND THE SUBJECTS THEY ILLUSTRATE: A Guide for the Collector & Student with Description of the Subjects Illustrated in Landscape, Drama, Story and Portraiture. * VON SEIDLITZ, W. A HISTORY OF JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS. * LANE, Richard. IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD: THE JAPANESE PRINT, INCLUDING AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF UKIYO-E: Utamaro entries on pp.21, 124,127, 135-41, 341-346. * [ISHII, Kendon.] NISHIKI-E NO ARATAME-IN NO KOH-SHOH: READINGS OF CENSOR'S SEALS ON JAPANESE PRINTS * ROBERTS, Laurance P. A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS PAINTING, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, PRINTS, LACQUER: p.193. * KOBAYASHI, Tadashi. UTAMARO. *. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 34018901

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