KAMIGAKI HORYU (fl. 1716-36)*
KAMIGAKI HORYU (fl. 1716-36)*

COURTESAN SEATED ON A BENCH ENJOYING THE EVENING COOL IN SUMMER

Details
KAMIGAKI HORYU (fl. 1716-36)*
Courtesan seated on a bench enjoying the evening cool in summer
Signed Kamigaki Horyu ga, sealed Horyu and another seal; and inscribed with poem
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
30 x 12.3/8in. (78 x 31.6cm.)

Lot Essay

published:
Narazaki Muneshige, Moronobu, vol. 2 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, edited by Narazaki Muneshige (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1982), fig. 13, p. 92.

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Genroku pl. 42.