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Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
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Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
Eishosai Choki (late 18th-early 19th century)
Two prints, Minamoto no Shigeyuki, child prodigy of calligraphy, at the age of six practicing calligraphy, his mother kneels beside him while a youth holds sheet of calligraphy in the shop, Eijuken, signed Kiyonaga ga and published by Nishimuraya Yohachi; second, Chojiya uchi Yoshimoto (Yoshimoto of the Chojiya), from the series Seiro niwaka zensei asobi (Amusements of the Niwaka festival in the Yoshiwara), gray ground, depicting two courtesans accompanied by a kamuro and a young man, signed Choki ga and published by Tsuruya Kiemon--good impressions, faded, soiled, repairs, trimmed right on first, upper right corner loss and stains on second
oban tate-e: 38.5 x 23cm., first; 36.5 x 24.8cm., second (2)
Eishosai Choki (late 18th-early 19th century)
Two prints, Minamoto no Shigeyuki, child prodigy of calligraphy, at the age of six practicing calligraphy, his mother kneels beside him while a youth holds sheet of calligraphy in the shop, Eijuken, signed Kiyonaga ga and published by Nishimuraya Yohachi; second, Chojiya uchi Yoshimoto (Yoshimoto of the Chojiya), from the series Seiro niwaka zensei asobi (Amusements of the Niwaka festival in the Yoshiwara), gray ground, depicting two courtesans accompanied by a kamuro and a young man, signed Choki ga and published by Tsuruya Kiemon--good impressions, faded, soiled, repairs, trimmed right on first, upper right corner loss and stains on second
oban tate-e: 38.5 x 23cm., first; 36.5 x 24.8cm., second (2)