UTAMARO (1753?-1806). A court scene
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)
Subject:
Court scene with the snow covering the garden.
Series:
From the illustrated kyōka anthology Gin Sekai (The Silver World).
Signature:
Unsigned as all plates from the album.
Date:
1790
Publisher:
Tsutaya Juzaburo
Size:
Album plate, 24,2x38 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print with metallic pigments for the clouds.
Literature:
A detailed comment on the album is in Shugo Asano e Timothy Clark. The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro. 2 voll. London, 1995, p. 266, no. 473. The poetry anthology Gin sekai contains five plates by Utamaro related the snow.
Remarks:
Ex Grabhorn collection.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colours and conditions.
Item no:
A 106