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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753-1806) ATTRIBUTED TO KATSUKAWA UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Woodblock print triptych SHUNSHO (C. 1726-1792) Two surimono
Three oban tate-e; depicting courtesans Shunga Two shikishiban; each from a series of prints
as courtiers on the seashore below flying Small album, surizuri-e, now remounted and celebrating actors who assumed the name of
cranes tied with poem cards, 1790s, set within brocade fabric covers; consisting of Ichikawa Danjuro, the first of Ichikawa Danjuro VII
each sheet signed Utamaro hitsu and with twelve double-page illustrations of a variety of in front of an inset depiction of Narita-san Fudo-
publisher cartouche of Izumiya Ichibei - good erotic situations accompanied by text - good myoo, the second with the actor below an inset
impression, somewhat faded, trimmed, minor impression, fair condition portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro V, each circa 1819 and
soiling, patched binding holes 7 3/8 x 5 1/4in (18.7 x 13.6cm) overall signed Gototei Kunisada ga, with artist’s seal, the
14 1/2 x 9 7/8in (36.7 x 25.2cm) dimensions first with production seal of Shunman - very good
$10,000 - 15,000 $800 - 1,200 impressions, good-fair color, soiled and rubbed
8 1/8 x 7 1/4in (20.8 x 18.4cm)
10 | BONHAMS Erotic works by the artist Katsukawa Shunsho 8 1/4 x 7 1/8in (21.1 x 18.2cm)
are illustrated in Gian Carlo Calza, Poem $600 - 800
of the Pillow and other stories by Utamaro,
Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and other artists of the Another surimono from this series published
Floating World, New York, 2010, pp.193-210. in John Carpenter, Reading Surimono, Leiden,
2008, p. 303, fig. 185.
