Style of SHOKOSAI HANBEI (19th century)*

THE SIX POETIC GENIUSES

Details

Style of SHOKOSAI HANBEI (19th century)*
The six poetic geniuses
Signed Naniwa Shoko, and seal
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

RIMPA SCHOOL (19th century)*
The thirty-six poetic geniuses
Bearing seal Hoitsu
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
10 x 18.7/8in. (26 x 48.1cm.); 51.1/8 x 26in. (131 x 66cm.) (2)

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), Horeki pl. 39 [the first painting].

Yoshida Teruji, Ranjuku jidai 4 (The period of maturity, 4), vol. 9 of Ukiyo-e taisei (Tokyo: Toho Shoin, 1931), no. 298 [the first].