Lot Essay
published:
Azabu Museum of Art, ed., Azabu bijutsukan: Shuzohin zuroku (Azabu Museum of Art: Catalogue of the collection) (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art, 1986), no. 52.
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. 63.
Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Meiji pl. 13.
YANAGI BUNCHO (fl. ca. 1764-1801)*
Western-style view of Nakasu brothel district in Edo
Signed Yanagi Buncho ga, sealed Nanryusai and Buncho no in Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
14.1/8 x 17in. (35.8 x 43.2cm.)
Azabu Museum of Art, ed., Azabu bijutsukan: Shuzohin zuroku (Azabu Museum of Art: Catalogue of the collection) (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art, 1986), no. 52.
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. 63.
Shibui Kiyoshi, ed., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e bijinga shusei/Ukiyo-e Paintings of Beauties in Japanese Collections, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1983), Meiji pl. 13.
YANAGI BUNCHO (fl. ca. 1764-1801)*
Western-style view of Nakasu brothel district in Edo
Signed Yanagi Buncho ga, sealed Nanryusai and Buncho no in Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
14.1/8 x 17in. (35.8 x 43.2cm.)