Lot Essay
For a similar painting see Ota Memorial Museum and Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum, Kawanabe Kyosai ten: Botsugo 100nen kinen tokubetsu ten (Exhibition of Kawanabe Kyosai: 100th anniversary of his death), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Ota Memorial Museum; Warabi City: Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum, 1989), no. 8; Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum and Edo Tokyo Museum of Tokyo, eds., Kawanabe Kyosai to Edo Tokyo (Kawanabe Kyosai and Edo-period Tokyo), exh. cat. (Warabi City: Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum, 1994), pl. 37.
Style of YOKOI KINKOKU (19th century)*
Courtesan
Bearing signature Kinkoku, sealed Kinkoku, with inscription by Toto Kyosanjin
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
47.1/8 x 12in. (119.7 x 30.5cm.)
Attributed to AWASHIMA CHINGAKU (late 19th-early 20th century)
Street scene in the licensed quarter
Sealed Chingaku
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
37.3/8 x 8in. (95 x 20.2cm.)
Style of YOKOI KINKOKU (19th century)*
Courtesan
Bearing signature Kinkoku, sealed Kinkoku, with inscription by Toto Kyosanjin
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
47.1/8 x 12in. (119.7 x 30.5cm.)
Attributed to AWASHIMA CHINGAKU (late 19th-early 20th century)
Street scene in the licensed quarter
Sealed Chingaku
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
37.3/8 x 8in. (95 x 20.2cm.)