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THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
KATSUKAWA SHUNKO I (1743–1812)
AN ACTOR OF THE ICHIKAWA FAMILY
EDO PERIOD, 18 TH CENTURY
WOODBLOCK PRINT, SIGNED KATSUKAWA
SHUNKO GA, CIRCA 1779
Vertical hosoban:
初代 勝川春好（1743 – 1812）、役者図、江戸時
代、18世紀
30.8 x 14 cm., 12⅛ x 5½ in.
For a similar print in the Art Institute Chicago, accession
number 1939.883, go to: https://www.artic.edu/
artworks/32417/the-actor-nakamura-sukegoro-ii-in-an-
unidentified-role
‡ £ 1,200-1,800
€ 1,450-2,150 US$ 1,600-2,400

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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726–1792)
COURTESAN AND A SMALL DOG FOLLOWING
HER
EDO PERIOD, 18 TH CENTURY
勝川春章（1726 – 1792）、美人と犬図、江戸時代、
18世紀
woodblock print, signed Shunsho ga, Tsubo seal
vertical hosoban:
32 x 15 cm., 12¾ x 5⅞ in.

‡ £ 2,000-3,000
€ 2,350-3,550 US$ 2,650-4,000

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KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806)
THE COURTESAN ASAJU OF THE DAIMONJIYA
AND NANATSU-UME SAKE BY MOMENYA
EDO PERIOD, 18 TH CENTURY
初代 喜多川歌麿（1750年頃– 1806）、名取酒六家選
大もんぢや内浅じふ 木綿屋七ッ梅、江戸時代、18世紀
woodblock print, from the series Aristocrats of Sake
Compared to Courtesans of Six Selected Houses
(Natorizake rokkasen), signed Utamaro hitsu, published
by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), circa 1794
vertical oban:
36.5 x 25 cm., 13¼ x 9⅞ in.
For an impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, accession number 11.14267, go to: https://www.mfa.
org/collections/search
And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accession number JP2394, go to: https://www.metmuseum.
org/art/collection
‡ £ 2,000-3,000
€ 2,350-3,550 US$ 2,650-4,000
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