Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1797 - 1861
Hitotsume, beauty washing her hands at Benzaiten shrine in Hitotsume. In the background the Sumida river and the Ichi-no-hashi bridge
1844
1844
Vertical ôban,, mm 370 x 252
Signed: Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga and red kirimon seal
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô
Censor: Watari
Series: Eight Views of Night Visits to Temples and Shrines - Yomairi hakkei
The title of this series refers to night visits to Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Each print combines a picture of a beautiful woman from the waist up with a Buddhist temple or a Shinto shrine.
Fine impression, very good colour and condition.
Another impression of this print is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession number 49.1266, for the complete series see accession numbers 49.1259-49.1266)
