The Property of a Private Collector
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
The courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya house with her cat
Edo period, early 19^th century

woodblock print, from the series Selections from Six Houses of the Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen), signed Utamaro hitsu (Brush of Utamaro), published by Omiya Gonkuro, circa 1801

Vertical oban: 37.7 x 25.2 cm.

Two other impressions of the same print are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 54.266 <https://collections.mfa.org/objects/256326/hanaogi-of-the-ogiya-from-the-series-selections-from-six-ho?ctx=459c148b-b96a-4b19-997d-1a2091e55827&idx=1> and 21.6581 <https://collections.mfa.org/objects/234246/hanaogi-of-the-ogiya-from-the-series-selections-from-six-ho?ctx=459c148b-b96a-4b19-997d-1a2091e55827&idx=0>.

Provenance:
Paul Blondeau (d. 1926)

Condition Report:
Good impression, colours faded with some re-touching, backed, toning, soiling and rubbing, creasing overall, nicks to edges, binding holes, some wormage patched from verso with associated re-touching, a few further scattered restorations in places, the bottom right corner with small pencil inscription to verso.