Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketOhisa of TakashimayaSize: 41.0cm by 27.0cm (16.14 in by 10.63 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: Description: This print by Utamaro is of Ohisa of the Takashima teashop holding a fan. According to the British Museum, "Ohisa was the daughter of Takashima Chobei, proprietor of a popular rice-cake shop. Together with Okita and Toyohina, she was one of three beauties depicted by Utamaro in a set of half-length portraits with 'crazy verse' (kyoka) inscriptions". The poem reads: Charms and tea are brimming over / And neither gets cold! / Let me not wake / From this lucky dream of the New Year / At Takashimaya. This particular print is a mid-1970s reproduction by the Takamizawa Company. Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (101) kacho-e (27) landscape (55) bijin-ga (17) contemporary (15) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (69) ebook (7) miscellaneous (5) 8 Cats (3) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (16) Yoshida family prints (88) Doi Hanga prints (52) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (41) kacho-e (30) yakusha-e (20) landscape (184) bijin-ga (116) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (0) set (32) books (3) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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