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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
(LOTS 24-83)

26 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Hair arrangement

Woodblock print, from the series Meisho fukei
bijin jyuniso (Beautiful women representing
scenes of famous places), signed Utamaro
hitsu, circa 1803
Vertical oban: 15º x 10æ in. (38.7 x 27.3 cm.)

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield,
Massachusetts

27 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Shiba Suminoe (Suminoe at

Shiba)

Woodblock print, from the series Gonin bijin
aikyo kurabe (Comparing the charms of the five
beauties), signed Shomei Utamaro hitsu and
sealed Honke (true line), published by Omiya
Gonkuro, circa 1795-96
Vertical oban: 14æ x 10¿ in. (37.5 x 25.7 cm.) 28 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1743-1806)

$3,000-4,000
Chunagon Yukihira, Iso no PROVENANCE:
Shiokumi Matsukaze Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield,
PROVENANCE:
Massachusetts
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield,
Woodblock print, from the series Jitsu kurabe
Massachusetts iro no minakami (True feelings compared: the EXHIBITED:
founts of love), signed Utamaro hitsu, published “Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield,
EXHIBITED:
by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1798-99 MA”, exh. cat. p. 53, no. 86, exhibited at the following
“Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield,
Vertical oban: 15¿ x 10º in. (38.4 x 26 cm.) venues:
MA”, exh. cat. p. 51, no. 83, exhibited at the following
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
venues: $6,000-8,000 Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4
Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
October, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4
October, 1994