KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820)*
KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820)*

COURTESANS ON PARADE BENEATH A BLOSSOMING CHERRY EDO PERIOD, EARLY TENMEI ERA (1781-89)

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KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820)*
Courtesans on parade beneath a blossoming cherry
Edo period, early Tenmei era (1781-89)
Signed Kubo Shunman ga and with kao
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
16.5/8 x 24in. (42.2 x 63cm.)

Lot Essay

published:

Japan Ukiyo-e Society, ed., Ukiyo-e geijutsu/Ukiyo-e Art 103 (April 1992), cover illustr.

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), pl. 37 (entry by Asano Shugo).