Katsukawa Shunchō
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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…
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Lot 80. GEISHA GOING HOME
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) Three geisha accompanied by a man carrying a samisen box over his shoulder are leaving for home after a night’s engagement. Through an open door above a maid is seen doing the morning sweeping. Oban. Signed: Shuncho ga. About 1788. Purchaser: K. Matsuki Price: $32.50 |
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Lot 81. WOMEN AT A BANQUET
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) Left hand sheet of a triptych. Oban. Signed: Shuncho ga. About 1790. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $25.00 |
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Lot 82. A LADY WALKING ON THE RIVER BANK
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) She is attended by two maids and a young man carrying their luggage. Oban. Signed: Shuncho ga. About 1790. Purchaser: Kano Oshima Price: $25.00 |
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Lot 83. ON ATAGO HILL
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (Worked c. 1770—1796) Three young women at a tea-house on the summit Series: Edo no Go San, The Five Hills of Edo. Chuban. Signed: Shuncho ga. About 1790. Purchaser: Joseph L. Lilienthal Price: $12.50 |
