Utamaro Beauties
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A (presumed) partial set of match label prints, depicting Utamaro beauties. We have been able to identify some of the original illustrations, but most are still up in the air...
Top row:
Print 1 (leftmost): Based on "Woman Smoking", from the Utamaro's "Ten Types of Women's Physiognomies" (美人面相拾躰之図) series, with the sponsor name "Nakao Sataro" (中尾佐太郎) in the block.
Print 2 (centre): An unidentified bijin-ga by Utamaro, with the sponsor name "Pyonpyon-do" (ピョン々堂) in the block.
Print 3 (rightmost): An unidentified bijin-ga by Utamaro, with the sponsor name "Yamamoto Harukawa" (山本晴川) in the block.
Middle row:
Print 4 (leftmost): "Woman Holding Comb", from the Utamaro's "Ten Types of Women's Physiognomies" (美人面相拾躰之図) series, with the sponsor name "Inoue Iwataro" (井上岩太郎) in the block.
Print 5 (centre): An unidentified bijin-ga by Utamaro, with the name of an unidentified sponsor (田紫銀鈴?) in the block.
Print 6 (rightmost): An unidentified bijin-ga by Utamaro, with the sponsor name "Kishigami Shugetsu" (岸上秋月) in the block.
Bottom row:
Print 7 (leftmost): The oiran "Hana" of the Ogiya, taken from Utamaro's "A Collection of Contemporary Popular Beauties" (當時全盛美人揃) series, with the sponsor name "Goshima Nobukazu" (五島信一) in the block.
Print 8 (centre): An unidentified bijin-ga by Utamaro, with the sponsor name "Yamamoto Kunio" (山本国夫) in the block.
Print 9 (rightmost): "Woman Fixing Her Hair", from the Utamaro's "Ten Types of Women's Physiognomies" (美人面相拾躰之図) series, with the sponsor name "Kobayashi Masao" (小林政雄) in the block.