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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Not Set Not Set
Date of this item: 1859 1859
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Artist: Kunisada (1786-1865)
Series: 32 Aspects of Modern Style
Title or Subject: Bijin (beauty)
Signature or Seal: Signature TOYOKUNI
Date or Circa: 1859
Paper Size: 14.5 x 9.5 inches
Impression/Color/Condition: Good/Good/Good

Description: Trimmed into image, backed, binding holes, one crease, rubbing and soiling bottom edge, light wear.		 32 Beauties of the Modern World

Artist: Kunisada
Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 9.75"

Subject: 'Tea Making', bust portrait of a newly wed bijin with fashionably blackened teeth, her coiffure pierced by many elaborate pins unrolls a scroll. One of Kunisada's finest late bijin series.

Date: c. 1860

Condition: Fine colors with slight migration of red. Horizontal crease mark and other crease marks. Album binding holes along right edge. Slightly trimmed, rubbed and soiled. A tape stain in cartouche. Corners slightly rounded. Generally moderately good state.

Impression: Very fine impression printed on heavy De Luxe paper with gauffrage and strong woodgrain visible in the background.
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