ANONYMOUS (18th--19th century)*

FESTIVAL DANCE FESTIVAL DANCE KIDNAPPING SCENE FROM A KYOGEN FARCE WITH INSCRIPTION RICE HARVESTING STREET SCENE WITH CRAFTSMEN

Details

ANONYMOUS (18th--19th century)*
Festival dance Festival dance
Kidnapping scene from a kyogen farce with inscription
Rice harvesting
Street scene with craftsmen
Five hanging scrolls, the fifth a fragment of a handscroll; ink, color, gold and gold leaf on paper
19.1/8 x 14.1/8in. (48.5 x 36cm.); 29.7/8 x 27.5/8in. (76 x 70.3cm.); 12 x 11.5/8in. (31 x 29.5cm.); 13 x 14in. (35 x 36.2cm.); 10.3/8 x 16in. (26.4 x 42.5cm.) (5)

Provenance

Hirano Masakichi, Akita City [the first painting]

Lot Essay

published:

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Keicho pl. 3 [the first painting]; Keicho pl. 6 [the second painting].

Kaneko Fusui, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings in Japanese Collections, vol. 2 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1977), no. 18 [the third painting]; no. 9 [the fourth painting].