Kunisada: Young Woman Stacking Morning Glories

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
Title: Sugiyama Sugikaze

Series: The Ten Great Pupils of the Hakai Poet Basho 俳仙十哲ノ内〕杉風

Date: ca. 1843  Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi

A young woman who has a few moments to herself stacks morning glory blossoms in a charming fashion. Her shamisen is wrapped and sitting behind her, so perhaps she is awaiting her music lesson. She is compared with Sugiyama Sugikaze, a haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. This series compares ten beauties with the pupils of the great 17th century haiku master Bashô.

Condition: Very good impression, color and condition. Some wormage near left lower corner.  Dimensions: ôban (36.8 x 24.8 cm)
Signature: Kôchôrô Kunisada ga

SKU: KUS587