SEATED YOUNG MAN (WAKASHU) PLAYING SHAMISEN

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Kan'ei pl. 10.

ANONYMOUS (20th century)*
Standing courtesan
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
29.7/8 x 12in. (76 x 30.9cm.)


Style of FURUYAMA MOROMASA (19th century)*
Courtesan and attendants carrying tobacco set and shamisen
Sealed Moromasa no in
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
12 x 11in. (62.3 x 28.5cm.)

provenance:
Hirano Masakichi, Akita City

exhibited:
Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya City, 1983.10.2--11.27

published:
Fuji Art Museum, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga ten (Exhibition of ukiyo-e beauty paintings), catalogue by Nishina Sosuke, exh. cat. (Fujinomiya City: Fuji Art Museum, 1983), no. 32.

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Genroku pl. 17.


After FURUYAMA MOROSHIGE (19th century)*
Lovers: a wakashu and his samurai patron
Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
10.3/8 x 18in. (26.5 x 45.8cm.)


After HISHIKAWA MOROFUSA (19th century)*
Two New Year's Manzai dancers
Bearing signature Hishikawa Morofusa hitsu, sealed Hishikawa no in and with another seal
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
30.7/8 x 11.3/8in. (78.5 x 29cm.)

exhibited:
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, 1977.6.14--19

published:
Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten (Exhibition of masterpieces of ukiyo-e painting), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Mitsukoshi Department Store, Ikebukuro, 1977), no. 58.


After HISHIKAWA MOROHIRA (late 19th century)*
Beauty
Bearing signatureYamato-e Hishikawa Morohira, sealed Hishikawa
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
34.1/8 x 14.5/8in. (86.5 x 37cm.)


ANONYMOUS
Standing beauty
Hanging scroll; facsimile