HIRATA GYOKUUN (fl. 1804-17) and Rai Sanyo (1780-1832)*

STANDING BEAUTY WITH FAN AND HANDTOWEL ON A HOT SUMMER DAY

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HIRATA GYOKUUN (fl. 1804-17) and Rai Sanyo (1780-1832)*
Standing beauty with fan and handtowel on a hot summer day
Signed Gyokuun, sealed Gyokuun no in, another seal; with inscription by Rai Sanyo (1780-1832)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
37 x 14in. (96 x 37.5cm.)

Lot Essay

published:
Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Bunka pl. 72.

Gyokuun is a Kyoto woman artist. The kimono of the figure has a design of spider webs and the obi has peacock feathers.