YASHIMA GAKUTEI: kakuban (20.7 x 18.5 cm.); Kinko, depicting a courtesan seated on a bench with her carp decorated robes draped around her, representing Kinko riding on the back of the giant carp. The image is set against a patterned ground with white cranes on pink and is accompanied by two poems by Tsushoken Kotonoha and by Tsuhotei Tameyasu, from the series Kuchikiren juban no uchi keisei mitate resenden "Courtesans imitating the biographies of wise men - ten prints for the Kuchiki group", signed Toto Gakutei -- very good impression and color

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YASHIMA GAKUTEI: kakuban (20.7 x 18.5 cm.); Kinko, depicting a courtesan seated on a bench with her carp decorated robes draped around her, representing Kinko riding on the back of the giant carp. The image is set against a patterned ground with white cranes on pink and is accompanied by two poems by Tsushoken Kotonoha and by Tsuhotei Tameyasu, from the series Kuchikiren juban no uchi keisei mitate resenden "Courtesans imitating the biographies of wise men - ten prints for the Kuchiki group", signed Toto Gakutei -- very good impression and color
Provenance
Sold in these rooms October 16, 1986, lot 112b

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