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Lot Essay
published:
Azabu Museum of Art, ed., Azabu bijutsukan: Shuzohin zuroku (Azabu Museum of Art: Catalogue of the collection) (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art, 1986), pls. 6--1 - 6--4; nos. 6--5 - 6--12.
Azabu Museum of Art, and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art, introduction by Kobayashi Tadashi, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 15.
Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, and Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts, eds., Edo no fashon, kaikan kinen ten, Part I: Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e ni miru onnatachi no yosooi/"Fashion of Edo": Women's dress in Ukiyo-e Paintings, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1989), pl. 18.
Kobayashi Tadashi, ed. Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), pls. 17--1 - 3, ref. nos. 3--1 - 20.
There are works with a similar signature by this artist in the MOA Museum of Art, Atami and the Tokyo National Museum (see Nagasaki Iwao, "Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e no fukushoku byosha ni tsuite" [About the fashion of ukiyo-e paintings], in Tokyo kokuritsu hakubutsukan II [Tokyo National Museum II], vol. 2 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan, edited by Kobayashi Tadashi [Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995], pl. 8--1, p. 208). This is thought to be a work of Moromasa's last years, when he had distanced himself from the Hishikawa school.
Azabu Museum of Art, ed., Azabu bijutsukan: Shuzohin zuroku (Azabu Museum of Art: Catalogue of the collection) (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art, 1986), pls. 6--1 - 6--4; nos. 6--5 - 6--12.
Azabu Museum of Art, and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art, introduction by Kobayashi Tadashi, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 15.
Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, and Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts, eds., Edo no fashon, kaikan kinen ten, Part I: Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e ni miru onnatachi no yosooi/"Fashion of Edo": Women's dress in Ukiyo-e Paintings, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1989), pl. 18.
Kobayashi Tadashi, ed. Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), pls. 17--1 - 3, ref. nos. 3--1 - 20.
There are works with a similar signature by this artist in the MOA Museum of Art, Atami and the Tokyo National Museum (see Nagasaki Iwao, "Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e no fukushoku byosha ni tsuite" [About the fashion of ukiyo-e paintings], in Tokyo kokuritsu hakubutsukan II [Tokyo National Museum II], vol. 2 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan, edited by Kobayashi Tadashi [Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995], pl. 8--1, p. 208). This is thought to be a work of Moromasa's last years, when he had distanced himself from the Hishikawa school.