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SHOTEI HOKUJU (ACTIVE CIRCA 1790–
1820) VIEW OF FUTAMI BEACH AT ISE
(SEISHU FUTAMI GA URA), EDO PERIOD,
19TH CENTURY
昇亭北寿（活動期間 1790 – 1820）、勢州二見ヶ浦、江戸
時代、19世紀
woodblock print, signed Shotei Hokuju ga, published circa 1825
Horizontal oban
26.5 x 28.5 cm, 10½ x 15⅙ in.
For the same print in the collection of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, accession number JP1292, please visit:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/
search/60026382
‡ £ 1,500-2,000
€ 1,700-2,300 US$ 2,000-2,650

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KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726–1792) TWO
WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF ACTORS,
EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
勝川春章（1726 – 1792）、役者図（2点）、江戸時代、18世紀
First print: the onnagata actor Segawa Kikunojo III performing
a dance, signed Shunsho ga, 1770s
Second print: the onnagata actor Nakamura Tomijuro I in the
role of Yakko no Koman, signed Shunsho ga, published 1774
Both hosoban
(2)
First print: 29.5 x 14. 1 cm, 11⅔ x 5½ in.
Second print: 31. 9 x 14.9 cm, 12½ x 5¾ in.
The first is the centre sheet of a triptych, for the complete
triptych in the collection of The British Museum, accession
number 1915,0823,0.677.1-3, please visit: http://www.
britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
The second depicts a scene from the play Sugata no Hana
Kurofune Zukin, performed at the Morita theatre during
September 1774. For the same print in the collection of The
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), accession number
11.18690, please visit: https://www.mfa.org/collections/
search
‡ £ 2,500-3,000
€ 2,850-3,400 US$ 3,300-3,950

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