Lot Essay
Cf. Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Collection of the late Theodor Scheiwe, Part II (October 16, 1989, Christie's New York) lot 36.
Details
MOMOKAWA SHIKO (fl. late 18th/early 19th Century): oban tate-e, 35.6 x 24cm., a half-length portrait of a young woman handing a letter to another, cherry blossoms above, signed Shiko ga and published by Tsutaya Juzaburo--good impression, faded, very slightly soiled