{"product_id":"utagawa-kunisada-a-young-woman-holding-a-doll-cat-japanese-painting-postcard","title":"Utagawa Kunisada A Young Woman Holding A Doll Cat Japanese Painting Postcard","description":"\u003cp\u003eABIZVAC2 A stunning undated but modern origin reproduction published postcard and souvenir from one of London's leading museums of this historic 1830 woodblock work of art by Utagawa Kunisada entitled A Young Woman Holding A Dollwith further details and museum logo on reverse capturing all the character of the Utagawa Kunisada original unused and mint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"... A Young Woman Holding a Doll (c. 1830) is an exquisite ukiyo-e woodblock print designed by Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865), who was the most popular and commercially successful printmaker of 19th-century Edo-period Japan. Belonging to the celebrated genre of bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women), this print captures a quiet, intimate moment of domestic leisure.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fashionable young woman is depicted in three-quarter view, dressed in a voluminous, heavily layered kimono. Kunisada meticulously rendered the complex textile patterns, using fine block lines to contrast bold outer fabrics with delicate, web-like undergarments.  She gently cradles a traditional washi ningyo (a Japanese doll meticulously constructed from folded handmade paper). In Edo society, these dolls were not mere children's playthings; they were highly fashionable decorative items collected by adult women and frequently exchanged as sophisticated gifts...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Postcard Finder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56864894058822,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/3216\/9030\/files\/20260628_066.jpg?v=1782679822","url":"https:\/\/postcardfinder.co.uk\/products\/utagawa-kunisada-a-young-woman-holding-a-doll-cat-japanese-painting-postcard","provider":"Postcard Finder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}