After UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (19th century)*

FESTIVAL DANCERS COURTESANS UNDER CHERRIES AT GOTENYAMA

Details

After UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (19th century)*
Festival dancers
Courtesans under cherries at Gotenyama
Signed Toyohiro ga, sealed Utagawa; signed Toyohiro ga, sealed Ichiryusai
Hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper; ink and color on silk
40.1/8 x 13.5/8in. (112.1 x 34.6cm.); 36.1/8 x 13in. (91.8 x 34.9cm.) (2)

Provenance

Hirano Masakichi, Akita City [Festival dancers]
Shibatsuji Yasukichi [Festival dancers]

Exhibited

Odakyu Department Store, Shinjuku, Tokyo, "Utagawa-ha no zenbo ten: Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e no hana," 1980.1.4--16 [Festival dancers]

Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya City, 1983.10.2--11.27 [Festival dancers]

Mitsukoshi Department Store, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, 1977.6.14--19 [Courtesans]

Lot Essay

published:

Fuji Art Museum, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga ten (Exhibition of ukiyo-e beauty paintings), catalogue by Nishina Sosuke, exh. cat. (Fujinomiya City: Fuji Art Museum, 1983), pl. 18 [Festival dancers].
Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Bunka pl. 37 [Festival dancers].

Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten (Exhibition of masterpieces of ukiyo-e painting), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Mitsukoshi Department Store, Ikebukuro, 1977), no. 100 [Courtesans].