Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Beauty Lighting a Lantern

Size: 40.0cm by 27.0cm (15.75 in by 10.63 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Utagawa Kunisada

Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 7,000$ 52.00£ 40.50€ 48.00 [Item has been sold]

Description: An often-reproduced image from Kunisada, of a scene in the Yoshiwara. Her kimono is tossed over the stand at right, as she lights the night lantern. The presence of a second teacup on the tray tells the rest of the story ...

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

There is some misregistration on this print.

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