Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Courtesan Tomimoto Toyohina

Size: 40.5cm by 27.0cm (15.94 in by 10.63 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 10,000$ 78.00£ 58.50€ 69.75 [Item has been sold]

Description: This print depicts the lady Tomimoto Toyohina, a famously beautiful geisha, admiring a surimono (摺物, ephemeral woodblock-printed paper often featuring poetry). She is dressed in robes that feature her crest - the Japanese primrose. While it is often said in descriptions of this print that she is reading a letter, this is unlikely, as we can see no text on the paper, which is instead patterned with chrysanthemums. The paper is actually probably a surimono printed on thick Japanese paper and folded in two. The original print is thought to have been produced around 1793.

A post-war reproduction by Takamizawa Company.

Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ...

Mokuhankan Publications:
general (107)   kacho-e (27)   landscape (57)   bijin-ga (19)   contemporary (19)   senshafuda (2)   yakusha-e (4)   HangaClub (71)   ebook (6)   miscellaneous (4)   8 Cats (4)   supplies (6)   [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ]

Partner Shops:
Kawase Hasui prints (7)   Yoshida family prints (30)   Doi Hanga prints (14)   Miyakodori prints (12)   Numabe Mokuhan prints (3)   Guest items (22)  

Mokuhankan Flea Market   (our 'antique' prints):
(All items)  general (72)   kacho-e (20)   yakusha-e (31)   landscape (124)   bijin-ga (59)   nihonga (4)   sosaku (1)   kuchi-e (0)   contemporary (2)   set (43)   books (5)    [ List of Recently sold items ]  [ Flea Market Matsuri ]