EISHO: oban tate-e (36.6 x 24.2 cm.); Matsubaya no uchi Kisegawa "The courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya", seated in pale lavender, pink and green robes holding a blank poem slip against a yellow ground, from the series Waka sanjin "The three gods of poetry", signed Eisho ga and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--very good impression, slightly faded, faint ink inscription near signature and binding holes left edge, otherwise good condition

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EISHO: oban tate-e (36.6 x 24.2 cm.); Matsubaya no uchi Kisegawa "The courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya", seated in pale lavender, pink and green robes holding a blank poem slip against a yellow ground, from the series Waka sanjin "The three gods of poetry", signed Eisho ga and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--very good impression, slightly faded, faint ink inscription near signature and binding holes left edge, otherwise good condition

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PUBLISHED:
Kondo, Eiko. Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Schindler Collection (1985), pl. 71