Lot 619
619
KIYOCHIKA: oban tate-e (35.7 x 24.3 cm.); Saikyo maiko Kayo Osaka maiko Hitotsuru Tokyo geigi Kokichi "Three geisha: Kayo of Kyoto, Hitotsuru of Osaka and Kokichi of Tokyo", signed Kobayashi Kiyochika ga and published by Matsuki Heikichi, dated on the image February 15 [ca. 1878]- good impression, paper slightly toned although red color vivid, some foxing in faces

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KIYOCHIKA: oban tate-e (35.7 x 24.3 cm.); Saikyo maiko Kayo Osaka maiko Hitotsuru Tokyo geigi Kokichi "Three geisha: Kayo of Kyoto, Hitotsuru of Osaka and Kokichi of Tokyo", signed Kobayashi Kiyochika ga and published by Matsuki Heikichi, dated on the image February 15 [ca. 1878]- good impression, paper slightly toned although red color vivid, some foxing in faces

Lot Essay

This is the rare first state of the print. Please refer to the note to the preceding lot for translation of the poem