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An image of Lovers Okoma and Saizaburo

Kitagawa UTAMARO

(Japan 1753?–1806)

Title
Lovers Okoma and Saizaburo, from the series Manipulations of love with musical accompaniment
Other titles:
(Mitate puppeteers)
Alternative title:
Ongyoku koi-no ayatsuri: Okoma Saisaburô
Place of origin
Japan
Period
Japan: Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868
Year
circa 1801-circa 1802
Medium
colour woodcut
Dimensions
ôban tate-e; 38.0 x 25.5cm image; 38.0 x 26.0cm sheet
Signature & date
Signed cl., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Utamaro hitsu [drawn by Utamaro]". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the Ifould Family 1999
Accession number
207.1999
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (1)

Utamaro: colour prints and paintings (1961), J Hillier (Author), Phaidon Press Ltd (United Kingdom), London, England.