UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (d. 1829)*

COURTESAN ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT

Details
UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (d. 1829)*
Courtesan on a hot summer night
Signed Toyohiro ga, sealed Toyohiro
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
34 x 10.7/8in. (88.4 x 27.5cm.)
Provenance
Hirano Masakichi, Akita City
Exhibited
Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya City, 1983.10.2--11.27

Lot Essay

published:

Fuji Art Museum, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga ten (Exhibition of ukiyo-e beauty painting), catalogue by Nishina Sosuke, exh. cat. (Fujinomiya City: Fuji Art Museum, 1983), no. 46.

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Bunka pl. 38.