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Lot 70. LANTERN CONTRIBUTED BY THE MERCHANTS OF KOJIMACHI
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago TORII KIYONAGA (B. 1712, d. 1813) A woman holds a small boy on her shoulder and in the foreground of the group a boy is dressed to represent a shojo, or mythical red-haired dweller by the sea. The lantern is decorated with a model of…
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Lot 71. A MAID SERVANT HOLDING A LANTERN
TORII KIYONAGA (B. 1712, d. 1813) She turns her head toward two young women standing on a veranda behind her. Chuban. Series: Hai Furyu Taro. Signed: Kiyonaga ga. About 1781 Fine impression in beautiful condition. Purchaser: Charles H. Chandler Price: $75.00 |
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Lot 72. DOMESTIC SCENE
TORII KIYONAGA (B. 1712, d. 1813) A young woman greeting a girl who is coming to her to be given a lesson in playing the koto. Same series as the preceding lot. Also in good condition but somewhat faded. Purchaser: Harold H. Hall Price: $25.00 |
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Lot 73. AN ENTERTAINMENT AT SHINAGA
Image of actual item from the Metropolitan Museum of Art SAKURAI BUNKYO (Probably a pupil of Kiyonaga) Three women in a house overlooking Edo bay, one of them bringing a tray with bowls of food: all are looking toward the left. Chuban. One sheet of a triptych. Signed: Bunkyo ga. Purchaser: Metropolitan Museum of Art…
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Lot 74. A YOUNG GIRL DANCING
Image is an example from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) A woman beats a water bucket as a musical accompaniment and another woman stands on a veranda and looks on. Three prints of the Imoseyama Go-mai Tsuzuki series of five, and one duplicate. The meaning of the title is…
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Lot 75. GROUP OF THREE WOMEN
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) Two are standing, the third is seated on the ground by the veranda of a mansion. Three prints of the Imoseyama Go-mai Tsuzuki series of five, and one duplicate. The meaning of the title is not clear. Chuban. Signed: Shuncho ga. About 1783. Purchaser: Harold H. Hall Price: $15.00 |
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Lot 76. A DETENTION
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) A woman seated on a bench in a garden, catches hold of a young samurai’s haori and modestly turns her head away, while two girls standing behind her view the proceeding expectantly. Three prints of the Imoseyama Go-mai Tsuzuki series of five, and one duplicate. The meaning of the title…
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Lot 77. A DETENTION
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) Another impression. Large moth hole across the man’s obi and hand, patched so as not to be very conspicuous. Three prints of the Imoseyama Go-mai Tsuzuki series of five, and one duplicate. The meaning of the title is not clear. Chuban. Signed: Shuncho ga. About 1783. Purchaser: Armand de Richelieu…
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Lot 78. THE INARI FESTIVAL
Item is the leftmost print in a triptych, and example is shown from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) Two women, one carrying a girl on her back, on their way to the shrine at Oji accompanied by a boy bearing a gift. Banners of the buildings on the further bank…
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Lot 79. MIKOSHI ARAI
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) Three girls at a bench tea-booth at Shinagawa. In the shallow water of Edo bay at the right the ceremony is being performed of washing the mikoshi or portable shrine in which the sacred Shinto emblems were carried in the procession of the Gozu Tenno festival, seventh day of the…
