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STYLE OF MIYAGAWA CHOSHUN (1683-1753)
Life in the Pleasure Quarters
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts, depicting
a woman of high status and her entourage discreetly viewing an
entertainment from behind a sudare (bamboo blind), with signature
Yamato-eshi Miyagawa Choshun zu (Pictured by Miyagawa Choshun,
Japanese artist)
With a wooden storage box with inscription Miyagawa Choshun
hitsu kijin kanraku no zu (Person of quality viewing an entertainment,
brushed by Miyagawa Choshun)
Overall 56 1/4 x 27 1/2in (143 x 70cm); image 16 3/4 x 23in (42 x
58cm)
$1,500 - 2,500

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HOKUSAI SCHOOL
Raijin, Demon, and Samurai Retainer Feasting
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-late 19th
century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in recent silk mounts, depicting
(clockwise from top) a samurai member of a daimyo procession, his
sword in a striped scabbard at his side and his matoi (processional
staff) behind him; Raijin, God of Thunder, with his drums, drumsticks,
and lightning flash; and an oni (demon) in the guise of a mendicant
monk, his umbrella and hogacho (donor list) at his side; the three
seated around a meal of octopus and sake in a dramatic composition,
Raijin and the demon gesturing wildly
Overall 52 x 29 1/4in (132 x 74cm); image 15 1/4 x 22 1/2in (39 x
57cm)
$1,500 - 2,500

PROPERTY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART
AT NEWFIELDS
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MORI SOSEN (1747-1821)
Monkeys
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
A hanging scroll painted in ink and color on silk with an adult monkey
seated by bamboo grooming her young, signed Sosen and sealed
Sosen no in and Reimyo
With a wood tomobako storage box
305 41 x 15in (104.1 x 38.1cm)
$5,000 - 7,000
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