Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Insect Peddler

Size: 39.0cm by 26.0cm (15.35 in by 10.24 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 12,000$ 100.00£ 80.75€ 93.75 [Item has been sold]

Description: A reproduction by the Adachi company of a fairly rare Utamaro design - there are very few 'half-figures' in his output.

Keeping singing insects in a cage was a common custom back in the period, although these days it is mostly young schoolboys who do this during their summer holidays.

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