Behind the railing connecting the three groups, three groups become visible.Right: three thin-necked ladies; Middle: Woman with a small boy; Left: three promenading distinguished ladies. Utamaro's signature can be seen on the painted railing, as well as the publisher's mark of Yammamato omiya with flat details.
Provenance
acquired by Ginsberg in Japan in 1908; 1908 - 1942 Ostasiatica Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; in 1942 large parts of the Ginsberg collection were confiscated by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in Rotterdam; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Wiedergutmachungsakte im Landesarchiv Berlin: LAB, B Rep. 025-02 Nr. 233/57; undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921
