Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Hawk on Plum Branch

Size: 26.5cm by 39.0cm (10.43 in by 15.35 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 9,000$ 82.00£ 57.75€ 67.25 [Item has been sold]

Description: An Utamaro print depicting two quails (uzura) and one skylark (hibari), originally from the album Momo chidori kyôka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition). The kyoka (light verse) poems that appeared in the original print do not appear in this version.

A post-war reproduction from the O-Edo Mokuhan-sha Company.

This particular edition was produced by the O-Edo Mokuhan-sha in the immediate post-war period. There are a few foxing spots from its long storage in their packaging, from which it has now been (thankfully) released!

Very smooth and pleasant colouring ...

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