KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806)THE COURTESAN ASAJU OF THE DAIMONJIYA AND NANATSU-UME SAKE BY MOMENYA EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY | THE COURTESAN ASAJU OF THE DAIMONJIYA AND NANATSU-UME SAKE BY MOMENYA, FROM THE SERIES ARISTOCRATS OF SAKE COMPARED TO COURTESANS OF SIX SELEXTED HOUSES (NATORIZAKE ROKKASEN), EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1794

woodblock print, from the series Aristocrats of Sake Compared to Courtesans of Six Selected Houses (Natorizake rokkasen), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), circa 1794 vertical oban:

- Good impression. - There are some fading of colour and some restoration to the paper on the top right-hand corner.
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For an impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.14267, go to: https://www.mfa.org/collections/search And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number JP2394, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection