'Mother and Child' from the series "Meisho fūkei bijin jūni-sō" 名所風景美人十二相 - ca 1803 - Kitagawa Utamaro I (1750s–1806) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Selected by Giovanni Bottero

Original woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro I (early 1750s–1806) - "Mother with Child at Breast" - Japan - ca. 1803 From the series "Scenery of Famous Places and Twelve Physiognomies of Beauties" (Meisho fûkei, bijin jûnisô) Signed "Utamaro hitsu" On a Japanese washi paper, in good condition. Colors faded. Discoloration due to former framing along margins. Professionally restored: some paper-loss at corners. Size is 26.7x 38.6cm (oban). Compare with print from same series in collection of MFA Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/464726 Will be sent acid-free protected, under heavy card-boards, fully insured.

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'Mother and Child' from the series "Meisho fūkei bijin jūni-sō" 名所風景美人十二相 - ca 1803 - Kitagawa Utamaro I (1750s–1806) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Original woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro I (early 1750s–1806) - "Mother with Child at Breast" - Japan - ca. 1803

From the series "Scenery of Famous Places and Twelve Physiognomies of Beauties" (Meisho fûkei, bijin jûnisô)

Signed "Utamaro hitsu"

On a Japanese washi paper, in good condition. Colors faded.
Discoloration due to former framing along margins. Professionally restored: some paper-loss at corners.

Size is 26.7x 38.6cm (oban).

Compare with print from same series in collection of MFA Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/464726

Will be sent acid-free protected, under heavy card-boards, fully insured.

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'Mother and Child' from the series "Meisho fūkei bijin jūni-sō" 名所風景 美人十二相 - ca 1803 - Kitagawa Utamaro I (1750s–1806) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Selected by Giovanni Bottero

'Mother and Child' from the series "Meisho fūkei bijin jūni-sō" 名所風景 美人十二相 - ca 1803 - Kitagawa Utamaro I (1750s–1806) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

'Mother and Child' from the series "Meisho fūkei bijin jūni-sō" 名所風景美人十二相 - ca 1803 - Kitagawa Utamaro I (1750s–1806) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

'Mother and Child' from the series "Meisho fūkei bijin jūni-sō" 名所風景美人十二相 - ca 1803 - Kitagawa Utamaro I (1750s–1806) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)