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Deeply Hidden Love

Size: 39.5cm by 25.5cm (15.55 in by 10.04 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 10,000$ 78.00£ 61.50€ 72.00 [Item has been sold]

Description: This elegant woman lost in thought, holding her pipe, represents the theme of "deeply hidden love" from Utamaro's Kasen Koi no Bu ("Anthology of Poems: The Love Section") series of five prints on different types of love. The prints in this series were produced in the ōkubi-e ("close-up portrait", 大首絵) style that Utamaro was famous for.

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This print is a post-war reproduction by the Adachi Company.

There are a few slight creases on this print.

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