////Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Beautiful woman appearing from beneath an awning, from the series ‘Moon and sun shells for Tomobiki’ / Fan print, c. 1845.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Beautiful woman appearing from beneath an awning, from the series ‘Moon and sun shells for Tomobiki’ / Fan print, c. 1845.

Series: Moon and sun shells for Tomobiki (Tsukihigai ataru tomobiki) [月日貝河たる友引] – inscription in the red cartouche. According to Kuniyoshi Project, Tomobiki (友引) is a fortuitous day for conducting business. There are also other meanings of the same notion of 友引.

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川 國芳] (1798 – 1861).

Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi giga [一勇斎 國芳戯画] (Playfully drawn by Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi) in a red double-gourd cartouche with a kiri-mon seal beneath.

Publisher: Ibaya Kyūbei [伊場屋久兵衛] (Japanese, 1804 – 1851); seal [板元,久] – Hanmoto, Kyū; Marks 19-040|126e.

Single nanushi censor seal: Mura [村] = Murata Sahei [村田佐右衛] (VI/1842 – V/1846). This series has five more known prints; some have Tanaka [田中] censor seal (I/1844–II/1845).

Media: Fan print (uchiwa-e, 団扇絵), 230 x 297 mm.

SKU: SVJP-0426.2025 Categories: ,

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