Woman Looking in a Telescope

Woodblock Prints Title: Woman Looking in a Telescope, from the series Seven Useless Habits (Fûryû nakute nana kuse)

Publication: 1798

Size: Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 25.4 cm (15 1/8 x 10 in.)

Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô)

Signature: Kakô ga

Notes: Large head portraits of two woman. The influence of Sharaku and Utamaro is clearly shown in this print, but the style is assimilated rather than copied.

Original:

Estimated Value: ref # OS7UH2

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