Lot 181
181
BOKUCHOSHI (18th century)*

SEATED COURTESAN WITH LOVE LETTER

Details
BOKUCHOSHI (18th century)*
Seated courtesan with love letter
Signed Bokuchoshi and sealed Cho
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
21.1/8 x 12.1/8in. (53.7 x 30.8cm.)
Exhibited
Nagasaki Municipal Museum and Hamaya Department Store, 1962.10.11--19

Lot Essay

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1, Genroku pl. 7.

Ukiyo-e nikuhitsu meisaku ten (Exhibition of masterpieces of ukiyo-e painting), exh. cat. (Nagasaki: Nagasaki Municipal Museum; Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1962), no. 33.