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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 11428552, member: 16283&quot;]Picked up this Utamaro print recently,and was hoping someone&nbsp; could decipher this very hazy phrase on the lower left-hand corner of the piece ?</p><p>The piece has been reproduced (in hand-crafted woodblock technique) countless times since the late 18th century. I&#039;m guessing my piece is Post-War, but almost certainly 20th Century (IMHO.)</p><p>Here&#039;s the full piece,followed by a few images of the very faint print on the side border.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]543233[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]543234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]543235[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here&#039;s the history of these prints-</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujin_S%C5%8Dgaku_Jittai_and_Fujo_Nins%C5%8D_Juppin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujin_S%C5%8Dgaku_Jittai_and_Fujo_Nins%C5%8D_Juppin" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujin_Sōgaku_Jittai_and_Fujo_Ninsō_Juppin</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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