Kitagawa Utamaro Collection
Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties
(Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)
PUBLISHED BY: Published by Omiya Gonkuro c.1795-6.
FORMAT: Color woodblock print; oban triptych 36.6 x 73.5 cm
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NOTES:The picture-riddle (in the circular cartouche top right) gives the
identity of the beauty on each design. In the second edition the riddle
is replaced with a flower design.
The Suminoe at Shiba (Shiba Suminoe)
Kisegawa of the Matsubaya
Hanazuma of the Hyogoya house
Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro
Hanaôgi of the Gomeirô
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