Japanese Tryptique - SOLD

 This  Japanese Tryptique  is a superb color woodblock print, composed of three paper sheets, realized at the beginning of the XIX century by  Utagawa Toyokuni II  (1777–1835).

A breathtaking  ukiyo-e , depicting three geishes, wearing precious and richly decorated kimono, during a pleasant spring pick-nick under the flowering trees, likely flowering cherry or almond trees. The first geisha, at the left,   is a standing woman carrying and offering a gift, the second on ,at the central sheet is a sitting woman on a rafined carpet gripping a spyglass to admire the landscape sourrounding her. The third woman is a standing geisha engaged in the traditional Japanese tea ritual.

With vivid colors and a mastery of the graphic tecnique, this is surely a modern artwork realized by the Japanese old master of ukiyo-e. 

In excellent condition, except for very minor agings signs, this original print  and a masterpiece that has not to be missing in your private collection.  The Japanese ideogramm inscriptions in cartuches at the margins reveal the name of the artist.

Provenance: Property from a  Wuerttemberg  private collection, assembled between the 1950s and 2000 

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Utagawa Toyokuni II  (1777–1835), also known as Toyoshige, was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints during the Edo period. Pupil, son-in-law and adopted son of the great master  Toyokuni I., he will heritage the Toyokuni name after his teacher's death in 1826 (before he was called Toyoshige (?? ) .The signature of Toyokuni II is easiest to distinguish by the chalice-shaped  toyo  (?).