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CHOBUNSAI EISHI (1756-1829)
COURTESANS PARADING UNDER CHERRY
BLOSSOMS, ACCOMPANIED BY TWO
KAMURO, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
鳥文斎栄之（1756—1829）、桜花遊女と禿図、江戸時代、
18世紀
woodblock print, signed Eishi ga, published by Nishimuraya
Yohachi, circa 1789–90
Vertical oban
37.6 x 25 cm, 14⅘ x 9⅚ in.
‡ £ 800-1,000
€ 950-1,150 US$ 1,100-1,350

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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753?-1806)
PEONY: HANAOGI OF THE OGIYA AT EDO-
MACHI ITCHOME, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
喜多川歌麿（1753？—1806）、太夫花見立 芍薬 江戸町一
丁目扇屋内花扇、江戸時代、19世紀

woodblock print, signed Utamaro hitsu, no publisher’s mark,
circa 1802
Vertical oban
38.5 x 26.5 cm, 15⅙ x 10⅓ in.
The print is part of an untitled series of courtesans compared
to flowers. There are two examples in the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston (accession numbers 11.14315 and 21.6462) also with
no publishers mark. An example in the Honolulu Museum of
Art (object number 24515) has the publisher’s mark of Maruya
Jinpachi.
‡ £ 2,500-3,000
€ 2,850-3,400 US$ 3,300-3,950
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KITAGAWA KIKUMARO (TSUKIMARO)
(CIRCA 1776-1825)
THE COURTESAN HANAOGI OF THE OGIYA
IN HOKKOKU (HOKKOKU OGIYA HANAOGI),
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
喜多川菊麿（月麿）（1776? – 1825?）、北国扇屋内花扇、江
戸時代、19世紀
woodblock print, signed Kikumaro hitsu, published by
Murataya Jirobei of Eiyudo, circa 1800
Vertical oban
34.5 x 23.3 cm, 13½ x 9⅙ in.
Tsukimaro was a pupil of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806) and
worked in a very similar style to that of his teacher. For the
same print in the collection of The British Museum, accession
number 1906,1220,0.371, please visit:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/
search.aspx
‡ £ 1,500-1,800
36 SOTHEBY’S € 1,700-2,050 US$ 2,000-2,400