This is a quality vintage reproduction of the portrait of Takashima Ohisa ‘after’ an earlier woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro, produced around 1792.
In the portrait, Utamaro depicts the famous beauty, Ohisa of the Takashima teahouse. Ohisa was the daughter of Takashima Chobei, the owner of several tea houses and cake stores in Tokyo. She was renowned for her beauty and is featured in many portraits of the period.
The woodblock print is on rice paper with a delicate pearlescent finish.
This is a quality vintage reproduction of the portrait of Takashima Ohisa ‘after’ an earlier woodblock by Kitagawa Utamaro, produced around 1792.
In the portrait, Utamaro depicts the famous beauty, Ohisa of the Takashima teahouse. Ohisa was the daughter of Takashima Chobei, the owner of several tea houses and cake stores in Tokyo. She was renowned for her beauty and is featured in many portraits of the period.
The woodblock print is on rice paper with a delicate pearlescent finish.