KO SUKOKU (1730-1804)*

LION DANCE DANCER AND MUSICIANS

Details

KO SUKOKU (1730-1804)*
Lion dance
Dancer and musicians
The first signed Toryuo Ko Sukoku rokujunana ga [painted at the age of 67 (1796)], and sealed; the second signed Ko Sukoku ga and sealed Ga Kosu
Hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk

GOTOKEN (18th century)*
Festival dance
Signed Gotoken hitsu, with two seals
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
23 x 35.7/8in. (59 x 91cm.); 34.5/8 x 14.3/8in. (88 x 36.5cm.); 37 x 16in. (94 x 41.2cm.) (3)

Provenance

Shimomura Kanzan [the third painting]

Lot Essay

published:
Narazaki Muneshige, Meisakusen (Selection of masterpieces), vol. 10 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, edited by Narazaki Muneshige (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1983), pl. 15 [the first painting].

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Genroku pl. 40 [the third painting].