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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806) KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754–1806)
The Queen Mother of the West and Her Attendants Ohan and Choemon Performing Bunraku Dolls
Woodblock print, signed Utamaro ga Woodblock print, from the series Ongyoku koi no ayatsuri
Vertical oban diptych, each sheet : 15¿ x 10¡ in. (38.5 x 26.5 cm.) (2) (Manipulations of Love With Musical Accompaniment), signed
Utamaro hitsu, published by Moriya Jihei (Kinshindo), circa 1801–02
$6,000-8,000 Vertical oban: 15º x 10º in. (38.7 x 26 cm.)

$6,000-8,000

For a different design from the same series in the collection of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, see accession no. 21.6500

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