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Tatsumi Roko (Kyoeido)

Size: 40.0cm by 27.5cm (15.75 in by 10.83 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 11,000$ 81.00£ 60.75€ 69.50

  

Description: Selections from Six Houses of Famous Beauties is a series depicting six renowned beauties of Edo. In 1793, artists were prohibited from writing the names of women other than courtesans on their prints. As a creative workaround, Utamaro incorporated their names as hanji-e (rebus pictures) at the top of the composition. In this print, the combination of a dragon (tatsu), a snake (mi), a watchtower (yagura or roko), and incense (kō) is read as “Tatsumi Rokō.”

This version is a post-war reproduction by Kyoeido.

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