KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Lot 183
20.09.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 183 | KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

Utamakura (Poem of the pillow)

Woodblock-printed illustrated book; the complete set of twelve illustrations with preface and end text, ink and color on paper, embellishments of gauffrage and mica, blue paper covers with orange title slip; published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, dated Yatsu no hatsuharu (first month 1788)

Illustrations:

1. Abalone diver raped by scaly river monster (kappa) as her companion looks on in horror and fascination

2. Woman discovering another woman's love letter hidden in the robe of her young lover

3. Lovers beside a standing lantern

4. Lovers in front of plum blossom and bamboo-decorated screen

5. Maid from a samurai mansion with her lover

6. Kept mistress with a young lover beside a chrysanthemum-decorated screen

7. Widow and her lover beside an open veranda

8. Lovers beneath a blossoming cherry tree

9. Young woman fighting off rape by a hairy older man

10. Lovers in the private second-floor room of a teahouse

11. Portly married couple

12. Dutch couple

Horizontal oban: 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (27 x 38.8 cm.) each approx.

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