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Lot 265 Dα

Utagawa Kunisada - A young woman decorating her roof with poems for the Tanabata festival

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.800 €
Result: 3.780 € (incl. premium)

Utagawa Kunisada

A young woman decorating her roof with poems for the Tanabata festival

Aiban, yoko-e. Fan print. Series: Fūryū sankō no uchi. Title: Tanabata no hōshi matsuri. A young woman decorates her roof with poems for the Tanabata festival. Signed: Toyokuni ga in toshidama cartouche. Publisher: Izuzen. Censors: Mera and Watanabe. Date: 3/1853. Rare. Very good impression and colours, small worm damages in upper corners, in mat

Provenance

Collection Dr. Kurt Meissner (1885-1976), and by descent to the current owner

Exhibitions

Another print from this series is located in the Varshavsky Collection in San Francisco: https://varshavskycollection.com/collection/svjp-0351-2021/