KITAKAWA UTAMARO (1753 — 1806)

Edo period, circa 1800

A woodblock print on Japanese paper, washi, O-ban tate-e format, depicting actors on the stage in roles of Oshichi, the greengrocer’s daughter, Kichisaburō, the boy-servant and Dozaemon Denkichi, from the series 'Models of Love Talk: Clouds Form over the Moon' (Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Enshuya Matabei, mounted

Print 38.5cm x 25cm, with mount 54cm x 40cm

Provenance: the Claudio Perino Collection, Turin, acquired mostly in Japan in early 2000s.

Exhibited: MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin.

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