Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) | Omando: Ogie Oiyo and Takeji | Edo period, late 18th century
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December 14, 01:11 PM GMT
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8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
Omando: Ogie Oiyo and Takeji
Edo period, late 18th century
woodblock print, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro Niwaka onna geisha no bu), signed Utamaro ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), 1783
Vertical oban: 36.9 x 24.8 cm., 14½ x 9¾ in.
Two geisha getting ready to perform in the Omando Dance during the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara. From a series of six known designs of geisha who perform in the yearly festival. This design includes books at the geisha’s feet which includes a title on one reading Yukun nayose saiken zen/hammoto Tsutaya Juzaburo (‘Guide to the names of courtesans – complete’, ‘Publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo’), which indicates that this series was published by Tsutaya. See Sugo Asano and Timothy Clark, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, (London, 1995), no. 29, p. 89 (Text volume).
For another impression of the same print in the collection of The Tokyo National Museum, collection number A-10569_1802, go to: