////Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Beauty watching a dragonfly / Fan print, 1842.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Beauty watching a dragonfly / Fan print, 1842.

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

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).

Date: No date/censor seal.

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

Reference: [LIB-3466.2025] Fan Pictures by Kuniyoshi: Cats, Kabuki Actors, and Girls (in Japanese). — Tokyo: Ōta Memorial Museum of Art, 2012; № 110. 蜻蛉を見る美人 (Tongo o miru bijin, Beauty Watching a Dragonfly). Tenpō 13 (1842). Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi. A woman leans over a railing, intently watching a dragonfly — a composition that evokes the feeling of autumn. The background is a single pale pink tone, simple in colour and composition, further emphasising the seasonal mood. Though the print bears no title or censor seal, the publisher’s mark of Maruya Jinpachi is present, suggesting it was produced after the Tenpō Reforms, when publisher and censor seals were temporarily abolished.

SKU: SVJP-0398.2023 Categories: ,

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