OKUMURA TOSHINOBU (fl. c. 1717-50): hosoban, 29.3 x 15.5cm., urushi-e with hand-applied colour, a full length portrait of the courtesan Ashiyagama of Naniwa (Osaka), raising her one arm and holding the hem of her kimono with her right hand, sampuku tsui, migi 'Right hand print of the set of three', signed Yamato gako (Japanese painter), Okumura Toshinobu hitsu, published by Nakajimaya--good impression and colour, tiny restorations, slightly soiled