Suzuki Harunobu, Chōbunsai Eishi, and Utamaro Kitagawa Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints on Paper

Item Details

In Plate

A grouping of four Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints on paper. This assortment includes Wind flow (六 哥 仙 仙 司 正 如) and Two Women Washing Their Hair (髪洗い二美人) by Suzuki Harunobu (鈴木 春信, 1725–1770), depicting two women fighting the breeze as they make their way over a bridge, and two women washing in a basin near a window with a view of a body of water. Also featured in this group is Sugawara of the Tsuruya with Attendants Mumeno and Takeno by Chōbunsai Eishi (鳥文斎 栄之, 1756–1829), which depicts three woman in ornately patterned clothing leaving a building with a little girl among them. The final print, titled Beauty in the Mosquito-net and her Waiting Maid by Utamaro Kitagawa (喜多川 歌麿, 1753–1806), depicts a woman seated behind a green net, with a standing woman securing the ties. The prints by Eishi and Kitagawa are mounted to paper with printed rice paper coverings. Each print includes artist signatures and printer information in Japanese, and they are presented unframed.

Condition

- toning to all four prints; damage to corners; light staining throughout; creasing to rice paper covers.

Dimensions

- measures backing paper of two prints; images measure approximately 7.5" W x 11.5" H.

Item #

17CLE051-046