Lot 341

TWELVE COLOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS AFTER THE PICTURE BOOK 'SELECTED INSECTS'
DESIGNED BY KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753-1806)





Auction: 13 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
£350
Description
reproductions of pages of the picture book originally published in 1788, illustrating insects and plants, each print inscribed with two kyôka ('crazy verses') about two different insects, framed and glazed (12)
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection.




