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125 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)                                                                                                126 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)


                Ogiya uchi Hanaogi, Takigawa                                                                                                    Beauty and Komuso (mendicant monk)

                (Hanaogi and Takigawa of the Ogiya)                                                                                             Woodblock print with mica ground, with
                                                                                                                                                a kyoka poem by Sessuisai Budo, signed
                Woodblock print, from the series Seiro yukun                                                                                    Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo
                awase kagami (Courtesans of the pleasure
                quarters in double mirrors), signed Utamaro                                                                                     (Koshodo), circa 1793
                                                                                                                                                Vertical oban: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm.)
                hitsu, published by Yamadaya Sanshiro
                Vertical oban: 14√ x 9Ω in. (37.2 x 24.2 cm.)                                                                                   $10,000-15,000
                                                                     PROVENANCE:
                $20,000-30,000                                       Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris
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