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This stunning bijin-ga, or beauty print is, of course, a Kitagawa Utamaro masterwork. Without a doubt, Utamaro Japanese, c. His classic head and shoulders portraits of courtesans, geishas and teahouse waitresses are among the most sought after of all prints. In fact, many serious collectors consider Utamaro’s beauties to be the very soul of Ukiyo, the Art of the Floating World. Originally painted in c. 1753, this work is a portrait of the renowned courtesan Tomimoto Toyohina. There is beautiful embossed detail on the white kimono collar. An excellent example of Utamaro’s “large head” masterworks. A beautiful print for your home or office wall. Utamaro’s masterworks are in the collections of many of the world’s great museums. Among them are the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Art Institute, Chicago; the British Museum, London; the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia; and the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo. Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, c. SERIES: Renowned Beauties likened to the Six Immortal Poets. MEDIUM: Authentic polychrome woodblock print. Ink and color on handmade paper. 15 ¼” x 10 1/8″; (38,7 cm x 25,7 cm). 15 3/8″ x 10 3/8″; (39,1 cm x 26,4 cm). CONDITION: Very good condition. Beautiful color and wonderful detail with extensive embossing in the collar. A couple of faint spots. Please take a moment to examine the scans. The Uki Arts Gallery.

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12 1/2 HIGH X 8 3/4 WIDE. The item “ORIGINAL EARLY MARK TOMIMOTO TOYOHINA KITAGAWA UTAMARO WOODBLOCK 12 1/2 X 8 3/4″ is in sale since Wednesday, August 16, 2017. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “carousel111″ and is located in Lake Worth, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Bahamas, Viet nam, Uruguay, Monaco.

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