YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU (1787-1832)*

A COURTESAN PREPARING TO PAINT A FAN EDO PERIOD, BUNSEI ERA (1818-30)

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YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU (1787-1832)*
A courtesan preparing to paint a fan
Edo period, Bunsei era (1818-30)
Signed Kinsai hitsu and Kinsai Shigenobu hitsu, sealed Soshi (twice)
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and gold leaf on silk
27 x 12.3/8in. (70 x 31.5cm.)

Lot Essay

published:

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), pl. 62.