Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Pipe Smoking Woman (Adachi)

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

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 9,000$ 66.00£ 53.50€ 63.25 [Item has been sold]

Description: A print also known under the title "Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe" (Kiseru no kemuri o fuku onna), from Utamaro's series "Ten Classes of Women's Physiognomy" (Fujô ninsô juppon). A young, bare-breasted woman casually exhales a puff of smoke from her pipe in a scene of total relaxation.

The mica background is a highlight of the print, as is the fine carving of the courtesan's hairline.

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

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