Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), ten woodblock portrait prints
All Oban, tate-e and including: Yamauba and Kintaro; The Courtesan Umegawa and Chubei; Aburaya Osome; The Asahiya Widow; A Wife of the Middle Rank; Women's Chores; Tomimoto Toyohina; The Courtesan Konosum; and two others.
All unframed. (10)

Acquired by Major James & The Hon Mrs Whitaker in 1906, while on their honeymoon in Japan, thence by descent to the vendor.