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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) | The courtesan Wakagusa of the Wakanaya house and Ukiyo Inosuke (Wakanaya Wakakusa, Ukiyo Inosuke) | Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)

The courtesan Wakagusa of the Wakanaya house and Ukiyo Inosuke (Wakanaya Wakakusa, Ukiyo Inosuke)

Edo period, late 18^th - early 19^th century

woodblock print, from the series Models of Love Talk: Clouds Form over the Moon (Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo), signed Utamaro hitsu (Brush of Utamaro), published by Enshuya Matabei, circa 1798-1800

Vertical oban: 37.8 x 25.1 cm., 14⅞ x 9⅞ in.

For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (The MAK), Vienna, inventory number KI 10693, go to:

https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-194915

For a further impression in the collection of the Edo Tokyo Museum, collection ID 89210059, go to:

https://museumcollection.tokyo/en/works/6238983/