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Artist: After Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III (1786-1865)
Title: Beauty in Blue Kimono with Butterfly Pattern – Opening Screen
Publisher: Kikaya – mark bottom right (Mt. Fuji + paulownia crest)
Signature: Toyokuni with toshidama seal – right margin – cartouche in red
Date: Edo period design c.1840s-50s – this impression is a mid-20th century facsimile reproduction
Medium: Color woodblock / facsimile on wove paper
Dimensions: Framed 15\"W x 20\"H – Sight/image 9.5\"W x 13.5\"H – Sheet approx 10\"W x 14\"H
Frame: Faux bamboo gold frame – cream mat with black inner fillet – wire backed – brown paper backing with handwritten note \"Utagawa A Toyokuni Kikaya Publisher\"
Condition: Excellent decorative condition – colors bright – blue aniline ground – no foxing – no tears – frame light wear at corners – ready to hang – see all 6 photos
Provenance: Private estate -> Cobb Fine Art Collection, Vienna VA 22180Notes:
Beautiful decorative bijin-ga for study, interior design, or educational donation. Attractive blue palette. This is being sold as a later reproduction after the original Edo woodblock, not as a first edition lifetime impression. Please review photos.
