KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806) THE COURTESAN ASAJU OF THE DAIMONJIYA AND NANATSU-UME SAKE BY MOMENYA EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806)
THE COURTESAN ASAJU OF THE DAIMONJIYA AND NANATSU-UME SAKE BY MOMENYA EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

woodblock print, from the series Aristocrats of Sake Compared to Courtesans of Six Selected Houses (Natorizake rokkasen), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), circa 1794

vertical oban:
36.5 x 25 cm., 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.

Provenance:
For an impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.14267, go to: https://www.mfa.org/collections/search

And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number JP2394, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection