After TATEBE SOCHO and OTA NANPO (19th-early 20th century)

YOUNG COUPLE CATCHING FIREFLIES WITH FANS

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After TATEBE SOCHO and OTA NANPO (19th-early 20th century)
Young couple catching fireflies with fans
Bearing signature Socho Tatebe Eishin hitsu, sealed Socho
Inscribed with a poem bearing signature of Ota Nanpo
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
33 x 11.7/8in. (85 x 30.2cm.) (4)

Lot Essay

For a similar painting see Asano Shugo et al., eds., Ukiyo-eshi (Ukiyo-e painters), vol. 2 of Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten (Great encyclopedia of ukiyo-e), edited by the Editorial Committee of the Ukiyo-e Encyclopedia (Tokyo: Taishukan, 1982), no. 291.


FUJIWARA RYUUNSAI (fl. 1781-1801)*
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V at sixty
Signed En Ryuunsai hitsu, and sealed
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
21.3/8 x 11.3/8in. (54.3 x 29cm.)


Attributed to KONDO KIYOHARU (fl. 1704-20)*
The actors Nakamura Kazuma and Murayama Heijuro in a kaomise performance
Two seals
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
27.1/8 x 16in. (69 x 41.3cm.)


ANONYMOUS (first half 19th century)*
Kanyu and Chohi
Hanging scroll; stencil in color on cloth (yuzen zome)
73 x 27in. (187 x 70.4cm.)