Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

1786-1865

Comparison of Flowers of the Stations: Eijiri
(Iro kurabe hana no miyakoji: Eijiri)

attributed to Utagawa Kunisada; a young waitress wearing blue with white butterfly pattern kosode hesitantly appeases a customer drinking sake, with black lacquer food tray in foreground and the village visible through a window, with blind printing on his arm and their legs, ca. 1840s

koban yoko-e 3 1/2 by 4 3/4 in., 9 by 12.2 cm

Published:
Highlights of Japanese Printmaking Part 4: Shunga, Scholten Japanese Art, 2014, cat. no. 54

(inv. no. 10-2560)

price: $400