KUNISADA (1786–1865). Preparing for the koto
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
Subject:
A woman preparing the strings for the koto.
Series:
Hyakunin bijo (One Hundred Beauties). A series of small format prints in the style of surimono, some of which show the numbering of the months.
Signature:
Unsigned like all the prints in this series with the exception of a surimono depicting a woman reading a letter of which a signed version is also occasionally found.
Date:
ca. 1825
Size:
Koban size, surimono style, 19,3x12,8 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
For a discussion of this surimono series see Chris Uhlenbeck, Commercially produced surimono in The Poetic Image. The fine Art of Surimono. Leiden 1987, p.17-19.
Conditions:
Fine impression with details finely printed with silver pigments, fine color and conditions.
Item no:
D 465*