Title : Bijin

Artist : Utagawa Kunisada

Date : 1859

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Source : Japanese Art Open Database
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Description : 32 Beauties of the Modern World Artist: Kunisada Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 9.75" Subject: 'Tea Making', bust portrait of a newly wed bijin with fashionably blackened teeth, her coiffure pierced by many elaborate pins unrolls a scroll. One of Kunisada's finest late bijin series. Date: c. 1860 Condition: Fine colors with slight migration of red. Horizontal crease mark and other crease marks. Album binding holes along right edge. Slightly trimmed, rubbed and soiled. A tape stain in cartouche. Corners slightly rounded. Generally moderately good state. Impression: Very fine impression printed on heavy De Luxe paper with gauffrage and strong woodgrain visible in the background.

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