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), Bunka pl. 64.
TOBA HIROMARU (fl. 1804-18)*
Courtesan
Signed Toba Hiromaru, and sealed
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
44.5/8 x 10in. (113.5 x 27.4cm.)
ANONYMOUS (19th century)*
Ono no Komachi praying for rain
Sealed Bunrin [Taku Bunrin] and another seal
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, inscribed with poem
40.7/8 x 12.5/8in. (103.8 x 32.1cm.)
Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Bunka pl. 64.
TOBA HIROMARU (fl. 1804-18)*
Courtesan
Signed Toba Hiromaru, and sealed
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
44.5/8 x 10in. (113.5 x 27.4cm.)
ANONYMOUS (19th century)*
Ono no Komachi praying for rain
Sealed Bunrin [Taku Bunrin] and another seal
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, inscribed with poem
40.7/8 x 12.5/8in. (103.8 x 32.1cm.)