TOYOKUNI: oban tate-e (36.5 x 24.4 cm.); a crouching beauty holding a toy boat above a miniature 'pond' and 'island', from the series Furyu hakkei kihan "The elegant eight views, returning sails", a reference to the returning sails at Yabase from the eight views of Omi [Lake Biwa], , signed Toyokuni ga and published by Izumiya Ichibei- very good impression, color faded, stains and repairs, laid down