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SELECTION FROM UTAMARO’S
MASTERPIECE EROTIC
PICTURE UTAMAKURA
(POEMS OF THE PILLOW)
(LOTS 128-133)
128 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Lovers beside a standing lantern
Woodblock print, from the set of twelve erotic
illustrations Utamakura(Poem of the pillow),
published by Tsutaya Juzaburo
Horizontal oban: 10 x 14√ in. (25.4 x 37.8 cm.)
$5,000-7,000