Lot Essay
This is plate 2 of the set of 12 given the modern title of Hana no katari (Flower song).
For other impressions see Donald Jenkins, Ukiyo-e prints and paintings/The primitive period 1680-1745 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971), no. 9, p. 35; Howard A. Link et al., Honoruru bijutsukan/Honolulu Academy of Arts, and others, vol. 10 of Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), no. 24, p. 215.
For other impressions see Donald Jenkins, Ukiyo-e prints and paintings/The primitive period 1680-1745 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971), no. 9, p. 35; Howard A. Link et al., Honoruru bijutsukan/Honolulu Academy of Arts, and others, vol. 10 of Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), no. 24, p. 215.