Utamaro | Narcissus

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro | 喜多川 歌麿 | (c. 1753 – 31 October 1806)
Date: ~18th C. (1963 Reprint)
Publisher: Shūeisha (1963)
Title: Narcissus
Series: Beauties Matched with Flowers | 美人花合 | Bijin Hana Awase
Medium: Offset Lithograph
Size: 25.5 cm x 38cm

Condition Issues
Slight foxing

Signed
Shômei Utamaro hitsu

Markings
No censor's seal
Artist's seal: Honke (True Line)
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa

From the second version of the "Beauties" series, with the women’s names replaced by flowers.

The Shūeisha Masterpieces collection includes what many art historians consider the rarest and most representative works in the history of ukiyo-e. In order to make these rare works more accessible, Shūeisha commissioned a collection encompassing some of the greatest works of the most renowned masters in the history of the Japanese tradition.

These works were commissioned from original first impressions housed in collections all around the world, with the process overseen by a team of art historians. Each piece was reproduced on an authentic ukiyo-e washi broadsheet using a polychrome offset lithographic printing process, and comes mounted to an individual envelope noting the artist name, and series print number.

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