UTAMARO (1753?-1806). Sumida river. (Sold)
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)
Subject:
Embankment of the Sumida river in the snow.
Series:
From the illustrated kyoka antology Gin Sekai (The Silver World).
Signature:
Unsigned as all plates from the album.
Date:
1790
Publisher:
Tsutaya Juzaburo
Size:
Album plate, 24,2x38 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print
Literature:
A detailed comment on the album is in Shugo Asano e Timothy Clark. The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro. 2 voll. London, 1995, p. 266, no. 473.
Remarks:
The antology Gin sekai contains five plates by Utamaro related the snow.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colours and conditions.
Item no:
A 108