UTAGAWA Chikamaro (KAWANABE Kyosai)

A print associated with the name Utagawa Chikamaro — a pen name or alternative attribution linked to Kawanabe Kyosai — reflecting the complex name-using traditions of Japanese printmakers, who often adopted multiple artistic names (go) across their careers and sometimes worked under pseudonyms for commercial or political reasons. Kyosai's association with the Utagawa school tradition is well documented, and prints bearing this attribution represent an intriguing strand in the complex web of his artistic identity.