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A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION OF PRINTS BY UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Yoru no sakura [Cherry Blossoms at Night]

Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, artist's seal Yoshikiri, published by Yorozuya Jubei, circa 1846
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.5 x 25.8cm.)
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Three beauties admire cherry blossoms in the evening. The subtle bluish-gray background successfully evokes the evening light and the brush-like quality of the gnarled tree trunk behind the women is particularly effective at conveying the texture of the bark.

Another impression is illustrated in Yuriko Iwakiri and Amy Reigle Newland, Kuniyoshi: Japanese Master of Imagined Worlds, (Leiden, 2013), p. 106

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