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AN ALBUM OF PRINTS CONTAINING 24 TRIPTYCHS AND 28 SINGLE SHEETS INCLUDING: UTAMARO: A WOMAN COMBING THE HAIR OF A YOUNG MAN FROM THE SERIES MEISHO FUKEI BIJIN JUNISO [TWELVE BEAUTIES OF THE FAMOUS VIEWS]; KUNISADA: A GROUP OF WOMEN BY THE ENTRANCE OF A BATH HOUSE, ENTITLED SATSUKI SHOBU...YU [THE IRIS BATH]; EIZAN: FULL LENGTH PORTRAITS OF FOUR BEAUTIFUL COURTESANS; KUNIYOSHI: YAMASHIRO NO KUNI IDE NO TAMAGAWA [THE IDE JEWEL RIVER IN YAMASHIRO]; BEAUTIFUL WOMEN SAILING ON THE RIVER FROM THE SERIES EDO MEISHO; MINAMOTO NO YORIMITSU-KO YAKATA NITE TSUCHIGUMO YOKAI O TSUKURU [THE GHOST TSUCHIGUMO (EARTHSPIDER) TORMENTING MINAMOTO NO YORIMITSU IN HIS PALACE]; A SET OF TEN SINGLE SHEETS FROM THE SERIES SHIMAZOROI ONNA BENKEI [BEAUTIFUL WOMEN DRESSED IN BENKEI-STYLE PATTERN KIMONOS]; HIROSHIGE: SETSUGEKKA NO UCHI, TSUKI NO YUBE [BEAUTIES AND EVENING MOON]; A PREPARATORY DRAWING OF A PROCESSION; SADAHIDE: NOKAKOSAKU NO ZU [RICE HARVEST AT A FARM]; SANGOKU DAI-ICHI-ZAN NO ZU [PICTURE OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THREE PROVINCES]; KYOSAI: SHOKI RIDING A TIGER CHASING DEMONS, ENTITLED GOGATSU JUNIKAGETSU NO UCHI ['MAY', FROM A SERIES 'FROM THE TWELVE MONTHS']--GENERALLY GOOD IMPRESSIONS AND GOOD COLOUR, LAID DOWN, SOME WITH CREASES AND RESTORATIONS
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An album of prints containing 24 triptychs and 28 single sheets including:
Utamaro: A woman combing the hair of a young man from the series Meisho fukei bijin juniso [Twelve beauties of the famous views]; Kunisada: a group of women by the entrance of a bath house, entitled Satsuki shobu...yu [The Iris bath]; Eizan: full length portraits of four beautiful courtesans; Kuniyoshi: Yamashiro no kuni Ide no Tamagawa [The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro]; beautiful women sailing on the river from the series Edo Meisho; Minamoto no Yorimitsu-ko yakata nite Tsuchigumo Yokai o tsukuru [The ghost Tsuchigumo (earthspider) tormenting Minamoto no Yorimitsu in his palace]; a set of ten single sheets from the series Shimazoroi Onna benkei [Beautiful women dressed in Benkei-style pattern kimonos]; Hiroshige: Setsugekka no uchi, tsuki no yube [Beauties and evening moon]; a preparatory drawing of a procession; Sadahide: Nokakosaku no zu [Rice harvest at a farm]; Sangoku dai-ichi-zan no zu [Picture of the highest mountain in three provinces]; Kyosai: Shoki riding a tiger chasing demons, entitled Gogatsu Junikagetsu no uchi ['May', from a series 'From the twelve months']--generally good impressions and good colour, laid down, some with creases and restorations
oban tate-e: 35 x 25cm. ea. approx. (100)
An album of prints containing 24 triptychs and 28 single sheets including:
Utamaro: A woman combing the hair of a young man from the series Meisho fukei bijin juniso [Twelve beauties of the famous views]; Kunisada: a group of women by the entrance of a bath house, entitled Satsuki shobu...yu [The Iris bath]; Eizan: full length portraits of four beautiful courtesans; Kuniyoshi: Yamashiro no kuni Ide no Tamagawa [The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro]; beautiful women sailing on the river from the series Edo Meisho; Minamoto no Yorimitsu-ko yakata nite Tsuchigumo Yokai o tsukuru [The ghost Tsuchigumo (earthspider) tormenting Minamoto no Yorimitsu in his palace]; a set of ten single sheets from the series Shimazoroi Onna benkei [Beautiful women dressed in Benkei-style pattern kimonos]; Hiroshige: Setsugekka no uchi, tsuki no yube [Beauties and evening moon]; a preparatory drawing of a procession; Sadahide: Nokakosaku no zu [Rice harvest at a farm]; Sangoku dai-ichi-zan no zu [Picture of the highest mountain in three provinces]; Kyosai: Shoki riding a tiger chasing demons, entitled Gogatsu Junikagetsu no uchi ['May', from a series 'From the twelve months']--generally good impressions and good colour, laid down, some with creases and restorations
oban tate-e: 35 x 25cm. ea. approx. (100)
Literature
For a similar example of the triptych by Kyosai see Timothy Clark, The Demon of Painting: the art of Kawanabe Kyosai (British Museum, London 1993), pl. 15, pp.50-51
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