AZUMA MEISHO HAKKEI: EIGHT FAMOUS SIGHTS OF EDO [OLD TOKYO].[Big Head Bijin [Jap

[Edo ca 1805-1815], Maruya. An Oban color woodblock print, sheet: 26 x 39 cm.,9 colors, minor & usual bit dusty, a mild fold, artist signed, censor & publisher's Hanko [chop/seal] with excellent impression & registry. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** **** *** . . . A LOVELY VIEW OF A BIG HEAD BIJIN [JAPANESE BEAUTY] . . . FROM THE SERIES: AZUMA MEISHO HAKKEI . . . EIGHT FAMOUS SIGHTS OF EDO [OLD TOKYO] . * TOYOKUNI I [1769-1825]: He was a noted Ukiyo-E painter, print artist & illustrator, pupil of Toyoharu. Of the leading Ukiyo-E designers Toyokuni was the least original butr succeeded so well in emulatint the finer points of his more creative contemporariesthat, in his best work,he is uliverwaly accorded a place nearly equal to theirs. See Lane below. . *** THE SCENE: This shows a close-up of a Japanese Bijin [beauty] who carries a tray of food, a red-lacquer box and several small ceramic dishes of Tsukemono [pickles]. She wears an elaborate Edo period coiffeur with one Kanzashi [long hair pin]. Her Kimono shows three bats as part of the design. . *** CONDITION: The registry & impression are excellent, there is an old minor center fold, one small black spot right of her coiffeur, overall a bit dusty, otherwise a very good example. Please review the photos posted to our website. . *** NOTE: Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . LANE, Richard.: IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD: THE JAPANESE PRINT INCLUDING AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF UKIYO-E. pp.337-338, publisher seal p.316. .