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Wakamatsuya nai Kikunoe, from the series Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo (Models for fashion: new designs as fresh as young leaves)
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Isoda Koryusai (act. 1768-1788)
Wakamatsuya nai Kikunoe, from the series Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo (Models for fashion: new designs as fresh as young leaves)
The courtesan Kikunoe of the Wakamatsuya standing before a mirror and putting a pin in her hair, flanked by two kamuro, signed Koryu ga and with kakihan (cursive monogram) and published by Nishimuraya Yohachi--fine impression, slightly faded, binding holes right edge, soiled, tape residue on verso
oban tate-e: 37.9 x 25.7cm.
Wakamatsuya nai Kikunoe, from the series Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo (Models for fashion: new designs as fresh as young leaves)
The courtesan Kikunoe of the Wakamatsuya standing before a mirror and putting a pin in her hair, flanked by two kamuro, signed Koryu ga and with kakihan (cursive monogram) and published by Nishimuraya Yohachi--fine impression, slightly faded, binding holes right edge, soiled, tape residue on verso
oban tate-e: 37.9 x 25.7cm.
Provenance
Henri Vever (1854-1942), sold Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part II, 26 March, 1975, lot 86