The three paintings, which depict three different pleasure districts in Edo (now Tokyo), are thought to have been painted within a 14-year span, though none of them is dated-or, for that matter, signed. The painting is presumed to be a part of a triptych referred to as Snow, Moon and Flowers. The exhibition ran for only three days, and after its conclusion, the whereabouts of the painting became unknown.įor the art world at large, the rediscovery and exhibition of Fukagawa in the Snow was big news, but for two American museums, it meant a lot more. It had last been seen in April 1948, when it was displayed at the second “Ukiyo-e Masterpieces” exhibition at the Matsuzakaya Ginza department store in Tokyo. On Friday, April 4 of that year, the painting, Fukagawa in the Snow (circa 1802–06), went on public view for the first time in 66 years. In 2014 the Okada Museum of Art in Hakone, Japan, revealed that a lost painting attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro had been found and was in the institution’s possession. 1793, hanging scroll, ink, gouache, gold and gold‐leaf on bamboo paper. Kitagawa Utamaro Cherry Blossoms at Yoshiwara, c. Hashimoto Okiie, Young Girl and Iris, 1952, color woodblock print.Īttributed to Utamaro School, Woman and Wakashu, 1790s, woodblock print, horizontal oban nishiki-e Kawase Hasui, The Kaminohashi Bridge in Fukagawa, from Twelve Scenes of Tokyo, 1920, color woodblock print.
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