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128 KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820)

Two beauties

Woodblock print, from the series Toho no bijin
no zu (Beauties from the East), circa 1775
Vertical oban: 14æ x 10¿ in. (37.2 x 25.6 cm.)

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:
Dr. Walter Amstuz (1902-1997), Swiss, sold at Sotheby's
Japan, Japanese and Chinese Prints: The Walter Amstutz
Collection, 15 April 1991, lot 72

LITERATURE:
Japanese and Chinese Prints: The Walter Amstutz
Collection (Japan: Sotheby's, 1991), pp. 134-135.