About This Print
A small format reproduction of Kitagawa Utamaro's 1801 depiction of Two Geisha and Porter in Wind and Rain at Night, shown below. This collection's print is different than the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō's small print reproduction of this image, which is shown below for comparison. (Note, in particular, the difference in the handling of the driving rain between this collection's print and Watanabe's.)
original two-page ehon print
Two Geisha and Porter in Wind and Rain at Night, from Vol. 2 of the book Ehon shiki no hana (Flowers of the Four Seasons), 1801
6 11/16 x 9 13/16 in. (17 x 25 cm)
Listed in Watanabe's 1938 catalog (No. 98, p. 42 and titled "Ladies in the Night Rain") and, again, in his 1962 catalog, p. 101.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1535 |
| Title | [After Kitagawa Utamaro's] Two Geisha and Porter in Wind and Rain at Night 風雨の中を歩む芸者と箱屋 |
| Series | Vol. 2 of the book Flowers of the Four Seasons Ehon shiki no hana 絵本四季花 下 |
| Artist | after Kitagawa Utamaro (early 1750s-1806) |
| Signature | Utamaro hitsu 哥麿筆 |
| Seal of the Artist | not sealed |
| Publication Date: Original Print | 1801 |
| Publication Date: Reproduction | c. 1938 - c. 1962 |
| Publisher: Original Print | unknown |
| Publisher: Reproduction | unknown (no publisher seal) |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - mounted along top to a blank greeting card |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | ukiyo-e, fukusei-ga |
| Format | yatsugiri |
| H x W Paper | 3 11/16 x 5 3/4 in. (9.4 x 14.6 cm ) |
| H x W Image | 3 3/8 x 5 5/16 in. (8.6 x 13.5 cm) |
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| Reference Literature |
7/25/2019
11/17/2018
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