Lot n° 449
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753-1806) - Lot 449
Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753-1806)
Oban tate-e, awabi fisherwoman and child. Signed Utamaro hitsu upper right. Later print. Stains, soiling, missing, cut margins.
Size 38 x 24.7 cm.
The original plate for this illustration dates from 1798; the theme of female awabi (abalone) fisherwomen was frequently used in prints and netsuke alike, as a means of expressing female nudity, which was then prohibited in another form by the censors.
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