ANONYMOUS (18th century)*

PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF AN INTERIOR OF A BROTHEL WITH COURTESAN ENTERTAINING A CLIENT BEARING SEAL CHOSHUN ANONYMOUS (19TH-20TH CENTURY)* PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF AN INTERIOR WITH DANCER BEARING SIGNATURE ON SCREEN READING HISHI

Details
ANONYMOUS (18th century)*
Perspective view of an interior of a brothel with courtesan entertaining a client
Bearing seal Choshun


ANONYMOUS (19th-20th century)*
Perspective view of an interior with dancer
Bearing signature on screen reading Hishikawa Hidenobu ga
Ink and color on paper; framed and glazed
16.1/8 x 20.1/8in. (41 x 51cm.); 25 x 33in. (64 x 84.4cm.) (2)
Exhibited
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, 1977.6.14--19

Lot Essay

published:

Kaneko Fusui, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1977), pls. 146, 121.

Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten (Exhibition of masterpieces of ukiyo-e painting), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Mitsukoshi Department Store, Ikebukuro, 1977), nos. 54, 52.