PRINTS THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
KIYONAGA (1752-1815): oban tate-e (38.2 x 25.3cm. ea. approx.); a triptych, Ladies at an outing near a shrine, signed Kiyonaga ga, published by Takatsu, laid down; UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e, (35.4 x 24.5cm. ea. approx.); two triptychs, the first of Futami-ga-ura "Women at the Beach of Futami-ga-ura", signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Wakasaya Yoichi; another of Mitate gosho guruma "Parody of an Imperial Carriage", signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsuruya Kiemon, laid down; one sheet with three ladies by a riverbank, Furyu mu Tamagawa, subtitled Settsu, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Izumiya Ichibei; another depicting three women on a beach filling their buckets with water, signed Utamaro hitsu, laid down; an aiban tate-e (32.1 x 21.7cm.) a sheet from the series Seiro niwaka onna geisha, ni no kawari "Second troupe of Geisha at the Niwaka festival in the green houses", signed Utamaro hitsu; EISHI (1756-1829): oban tate-e (37.2 x 24.8cm. ea. approx.); a triptych, Furyu Yatsushi Genji, Matsukaze, signed Eishi ga and published by Izumiya Ichibei, laid down; TOYOKUNI (1769-1825): oban tate-e (37.6 x 24.5cm. ea. approx.); a triptych depicting six girls and a youth on a balcony surrounded by flowering sakura, signed Toyokuni ga and published by Nishimura Eijudo with a Japanese collection seal; KUNISADA (1786-1864) and landscape by SADAHIDE (1807-1873): a triptych with three ladies in a garden by a lake under the full moon, signed Kunisada aratame, Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga, Kunisada aratame nidaime Toyokuni ga and Keshiki Sadahide ga, published by Yamato-ya Heikichi, laid down--overall fairly good impressions, slightly faded, some soiling and staining (21)
Details
KIYONAGA (1752-1815): oban tate-e (38.2 x 25.3cm. ea. approx.); a triptych, Ladies at an outing near a shrine, signed Kiyonaga ga, published by Takatsu, laid down; UTAMARO (1754-1806): oban tate-e, (35.4 x 24.5cm. ea. approx.); two triptychs, the first of Futami-ga-ura "Women at the Beach of Futami-ga-ura", signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Wakasaya Yoichi; another of Mitate gosho guruma "Parody of an Imperial Carriage", signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsuruya Kiemon, laid down; one sheet with three ladies by a riverbank, Furyu mu Tamagawa, subtitled Settsu, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Izumiya Ichibei; another depicting three women on a beach filling their buckets with water, signed Utamaro hitsu, laid down; an aiban tate-e (32.1 x 21.7cm.) a sheet from the series Seiro niwaka onna geisha, ni no kawari "Second troupe of Geisha at the Niwaka festival in the green houses", signed Utamaro hitsu; EISHI (1756-1829): oban tate-e (37.2 x 24.8cm. ea. approx.); a triptych, Furyu Yatsushi Genji, Matsukaze, signed Eishi ga and published by Izumiya Ichibei, laid down; TOYOKUNI (1769-1825): oban tate-e (37.6 x 24.5cm. ea. approx.); a triptych depicting six girls and a youth on a balcony surrounded by flowering sakura, signed Toyokuni ga and published by Nishimura Eijudo with a Japanese collection seal; KUNISADA (1786-1864) and landscape by SADAHIDE (1807-1873): a triptych with three ladies in a garden by a lake under the full moon, signed Kunisada aratame, Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga, Kunisada aratame nidaime Toyokuni ga and Keshiki Sadahide ga, published by Yamato-ya Heikichi, laid down--overall fairly good impressions, slightly faded, some soiling and staining (21)
Provenance
The first (Kiyonaga) and seventh (Eishi) prints: Omar S. Pound Collection
The second (Utamaro): H R Meade Collection
The sixth (Utamaro): Sir Alfred East Collection
The eighth: Dr. R.L Langdon-Down Collection and a Japanese Collection seal.
The second (Utamaro): H R Meade Collection
The sixth (Utamaro): Sir Alfred East Collection
The eighth: Dr. R.L Langdon-Down Collection and a Japanese Collection seal.
Literature
For the two triptychs by Utamaro, see Asano, S. and Clark, T. The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, pl. 436 and 290 respectively (Asahi Shinbun 1995)