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Lot 359*
Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829) Late 18th Century
11 November 2010, 14:30 GMT
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Late 18th Century
Three bijin-ga, comprising one depicting Hanaogi, a high-ranking courtesan accompanied by two kamuro from the House of Ogi, signed Eishi ga (*1), the second of a kagura dancer from the series Fuzoku Awase Juniyo, with censor's seal kiwame, publisher's mark of Iwatoya Kisaburo, signed Eishi zu (*2), the third depicting two high-ranking courtesans including Toyosumi with two kamuro from the House of Choji, with censor's seal of Kiwame, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi, signed Eishi ga. The smallest 31cm x 14cm (12¼in x 5½in), the largest 32cm x 22cm (12 5/8in x 8 5/8in), all mounted on cardboard. (3).
Three bijin-ga, comprising one depicting Hanaogi, a high-ranking courtesan accompanied by two kamuro from the House of Ogi, signed Eishi ga (*1), the second of a kagura dancer from the series Fuzoku Awase Juniyo, with censor's seal kiwame, publisher's mark of Iwatoya Kisaburo, signed Eishi zu (*2), the third depicting two high-ranking courtesans including Toyosumi with two kamuro from the House of Choji, with censor's seal of Kiwame, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi, signed Eishi ga. The smallest 31cm x 14cm (12¼in x 5½in), the largest 32cm x 22cm (12 5/8in x 8 5/8in), all mounted on cardboard. (3).
Footnotes
錦絵 3 枚 細田栄之 風俗合十二葉 他 18世紀後期
Published and Exhibited: (nos.1 and 2) The Art Gallery of South Wales, The Floating World Exhibition: Japan's World of Transient Pleasures, Exhibition Catalogue, Sydney, 1994, nos.C6 and M5.
Provenance: (no.2) from the Mellor Collection.
























