Sale 7960
New York, Park Avenue
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25 October 1994
Price realised
USD 8,050
Estimate
KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO: o-tanzaku (37.2 x 16.2cm.); a full-length profile portrait of Tanikaze Kajinosuke of Edo, Nipponichi (number one in Japan), wearing a black robe and striped jacket (haori) as he strolls in the street, signed Shunsho ga and published by Toshimaya Bunjiemon--very good impression, slightly faded, otherwise good condition
Provenance
Hayashi Tadamasa, sold Paris, Hotel Drouot, 6 June, 1902, cat. no. 546
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