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KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806) KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806) FROM A FRENCH COLLECTION FORMED IN THE
VISITING KOMACHI (KAYOI EMOTIONAL TURMOIL FOR WANKYU 19TH CENTURY
KOMACHI) AND MATSUYAMA (WANKYU KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806)
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY MATSUYAMA NO SEIRAN) OKITA OF THE NANIWA-YA
EDO PERIOD, LATE 18 TH CENTURY TEAHOUSE
初代 喜多川歌麿（1750年頃−1806）、二
葉草七小町 かよひ小町、江戸時代、19世紀 初代 喜多川歌麿（1750年頃−1806）、 EDO PERIOD, 18 TH CENTURY
逢身八契 椀久松山の情乱、江戸時代、18 初代 喜多川歌麿（1750年頃−1806）、
woodblock print, from the series Little
Seedlings: Seven Komachi (Futaba-gusa 世紀後期 難波屋おきた、江戸時代、18世紀
nana Komachi), signed Utamaro hitsu, woodblock print, from the series Eight woodblock print, signed Utamaro hitsu, published
published by Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), Pledges at Lovers’ Meetings (Omi hakkei), Tsutaya Juzaburo (Tsutaju), circa 1790s
circa 1803 signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Omiya
vertical oban: Gonkuro, circa 1795 vertical oban:
36.5 x 23.7 cm., 14⅜ x 9⅛ in.
36 x 25 cm., 14⅛ x 9⅞ in. vertical oban:
For an impression in the Museum of Fine Arts, 37.5 x 24 cm., 14¾ x 9½ in. Okita, one of the three famed Edo “Beauties” of
the late eighteenth century, was a waitress in the
Boston, accession number 34.262, go to: For an impression in the collection of the Naniwa-ya teahouse near Asakusa Temple in the
www.mfa.org Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession city of Edo (present Tokyo).
number 21.6484, go to: https://www.mfa.
£ 2,000-3,000 org/collections/search Utamaro also included a cartouche in the shape of
€ 2,350-3,550 US$ 2,650-4,000 a poem card in the upper left portion of the print
£ 2,000-3,000 with a poem by Katsura-no-Mayuzumi that further
€ 2,350-3,550 US$ 2,650-4,000 confirms the allure of Okita: Naniwaya no naniou
yado wa yukikai ni ashi no ukaranu hito mo arajina.
[There is no passerby who does not feel his feet
light, passing in front of the famous house called
Naniwaya.]
For an impression in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York, accession number JP1668, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
£ 30,000-50,000
€ 35,300-59,000 US$ 39,700-66,500
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