KIYONAGA: oban tate-e (37.4 x 24.8 cm.); a triptych depicting a party at the Komeikan, a teahouse in Susaki, depicting a young man entertained by courtesans and two taikomochi (jesters), the plaque bearing the name of the teahouse at the top of the center and left panels mostly trimmed away, signed Kiyonaga ga and published by Tsutaya Juzaburo- good impression, color faded, coiffures retouched, toning and light soil (3)

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KIYONAGA: oban tate-e (37.4 x 24.8 cm.); a triptych depicting a party at the Komeikan, a teahouse in Susaki, depicting a young man entertained by courtesans and two taikomochi (jesters), the plaque bearing the name of the teahouse at the top of the center and left panels mostly trimmed away, signed Kiyonaga ga and published by Tsutaya Juzaburo- good impression, color faded, coiffures retouched, toning and light soil (3)

Literature

Other impressions of this well-known triptych are illustrated in Tokyo National Museum, catalogue, II, 1564-5, Hirano, Kiyonaga, 1939, no. 921, pl. 76 and Rijksprintenkabinet, Amsterdam, The Age of Utamaro, no. 31, p. 34