Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Beauty watching a dragonfly / Fan print, c. 1840s.

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

A beauty leaning on a fence and watching a dragonfly hovering above a flowering plant.

Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (一勇斎國芳画) in a double gourd-shaped red cartouche.

Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi, seal Jin [甚] (Marks 08-088 | 294d).

No date/censor seal.

Media: Fan print (uchiwa-e, 団扇絵), 234 x 301 mm.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper
Technique	Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Subject	Beautiful woman (bijin-ga), Dragonfly (tombo), Fence, Plants
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Artist	Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川國芳] (Japanese, 1798 – 1861)
Publisher	Maruya Jinpachi [丸屋甚八] (Japanese, fl. 1770 – 1842)
Publishing year	1840
Size	Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Acquisition year	2023

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