TEISAI HOKUBA (1771-1844)*
TEISAI HOKUBA (1771-1844)*

COURTESANS BENEATH A CHERRY TREE EDO PERIOD, CA. 1805

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TEISAI HOKUBA (1771-1844)*
Courtesans beneath a cherry tree
Edo period, ca. 1805
Signed Teisai Hokuba ga, sealed Hokuba
Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
43.7/8 x 16.7/8in. (111.5 x 43cm.)

Lot Essay

published:

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), pl. 64.

Okamoto Hiromi, "Variations on the Theme of 'Two Courtesans': Bijin Paintings by Hokusai and his Pupils," in Hokusai Paintings: Selected Essays, edited by Gian Carlo Calza, with the assistance of John T. Carpenter (Venice: The International Hokusai Research Centre, University of Venice, 1994), pl. 6--16.