TSUKIOKA SETTEI (1710-1786)*

COURTESAN AS THE BODHISATTVA MANJUSHRI (MONJU)

Details

TSUKIOKA SETTEI (1710-1786)*
Courtesan as the bodhisattva Manjushri (Monju)
Signed Hokkyo Tsukioka Settei, sealed Shinten'o and Masanobu; inscribed with a poem
Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
37 x 12.5/8in. (94.5 x 32cm.)

Provenance

Hirano Masakichi, Akita City

Exhibited

Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya City, 1983.10.2--11.27

Lot Essay

published:

Fuji Art Museum, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga ten (Exhibition of ukiyo-e beauty painting), catalogue by Nishina Sosuke, exh. cat. (Fujinomiya City: Fuji Art Museum, 1983), no. 62.

Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Horeki pl. 16.