Japanese Woodblock Utagawa Kunisada Framed Wood Gold Gilt Antique Bijin Cherry Blossom Floral Kimono Sake

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This Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) woodblock print, titled "Flowers" or "Bijin under cherry blossom tree," is a Nishiki-e (full-color print) … Read more This Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) woodblock print, titled "Flowers" or "Bijin under cherry blossom tree," is a Nishiki-e (full-color print) created circa 1847-1852.
The woodblock print depicts a Bijin (beautiful woman) dressed in an elaborate kimono seated on a bench under a cherry blossom tree, enjoying a cup of sake.
The work is specifically the left sheet of a triptych originally published by Aritaya Seiemon.
The print measures approximately 13 1/8 x 9 5/8 inch

A similar woodblock print is at the HoMA (Honolulu Musem)

TITLES時世花鳥風月 花Jisei Kachō FūgetsuHana
ARTIST Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)
PUBLISHER Aritaya Seiemon < Arisei >, Yüeidö (c. 1830s - 1860s)
DATE1847 - 1848
MEDIUMInk and color on paper Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)
DIMENSIONS14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (35.8 x 24.5 cm)
PORTFOLIO/SERIESContemporary Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon
COLLECTIONSAsian Art: Japanese Woodblock Prints

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国 Sandai Utagawa Toyokuni), was the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. See less