Fine Japanese Prints

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) | Hour of the Horse, Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko) | Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century

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March 24, 02:05 PM GMT

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12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

Hour of the Horse, Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko)

Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century 


woodblock print, from the series Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1800


Vertical oban: 37.6 x 24.7 cm., 14⅞ x 9¾ in. 

This lot has been professionally mounted for exhibition, there is residue tape to the reverse.

For a further example of the same print in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, object number 1916.666, go to: 

https://harvardartmuseums.org/art/210236


For another example in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1925.3043, go to: 

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/23920/hour-of-the-horse-12-am-shrine-maiden-uma-no-koku-miko-from-the-series-customs-of-beauties-around-the-clock-fuzoku-bijin-tokei