Details
VARIOUS ARTISTS (late 18th Century and later)
SHUNCHO: three sheets from a larger composition, with a busy scene in an interior with ladies; TOYOKUNI: two sheets, both from larger compositions; with two courtesans and an attendant reading from a scroll; and two actors by a stream; EIZAN: Yanagiya no kihan [Returning sails to Yanagiya House] from the series Edo sunako koguya hakkei [Eight views of Edo scent shops]; KUNISADA: two sheets from a triptych, with ladies on a terrace carrying a large tray with food--overall good impressions and slightly faded, four backed, some soiling
oban tate-e: 37 x 25cm. each approx. (8)
SHUNCHO: three sheets from a larger composition, with a busy scene in an interior with ladies; TOYOKUNI: two sheets, both from larger compositions; with two courtesans and an attendant reading from a scroll; and two actors by a stream; EIZAN: Yanagiya no kihan [Returning sails to Yanagiya House] from the series Edo sunako koguya hakkei [Eight views of Edo scent shops]; KUNISADA: two sheets from a triptych, with ladies on a terrace carrying a large tray with food--overall good impressions and slightly faded, four backed, some soiling
oban tate-e: 37 x 25cm. each approx. (8)
Provenance
The second Toyokuni print is from the Havilland sale, June 1925