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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketOhisa of the Takashimaya![]() Size: 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. This print is published by Takamizawa Company in 1972. ![]() ![]() Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (100) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (17) contemporary (16) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (69) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (3) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (16) Yoshida family prints (57) Doi Hanga prints (54) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (40) kacho-e (32) yakusha-e (16) landscape (142) bijin-ga (102) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (0) set (28) books (3) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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