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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
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