ukiyo-e

Utamaro masterpiece sells for $7.1M, setting record

Kitagawa Utamaro's monumental handscroll *Fukagawa in Snow* sold for HK$55.3 million ($7.1 million) at Sotheby's Hong Kong on November 22, setting a new auction record for the ukiyo-e master after more than 30 bids. The painting, measuring over three meters…