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236 TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA

(1835-1900)

Sogo no tsuma no tamashii
(Ghost of Sogo's wife)

Woodblock prints, triptych, signed Osetsu
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu, published by Fukuda
Kumajiro, dated March 1893 (Meiji 26)
Vertical oban triptych: 14æ x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4
cm.) each approx. (3)

$4,000-6,000

237 KAWANABE KYOSAI
(1831-1889)

Jigoku dayu (Hell courtesan)

Woodblock print, from the series Kyosai rakuga
(Kyosai pictures for pleasure), signed Kyosai,
published by Sawamuraya Seikichi, circa 1874
Vertical oban: 13√ x 9¡ in. (35 x 23.5 cm.)

$3,000-4,000

EXHIBITED:
'Demon of Painting: The Art of Kawanabe Kyosai', The
British Museum, London, 1 December 1993-13 February
1994.

LITERATURE:
Timothy Clark, Demon of Painting: The Art of Kawanabe
Kyosai (London: The British Museum Press, 1993), exh.
cat. pl. 63.