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KIKUCHI YOSAI (1781-1878)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
circa 1850-1878
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk
in silk mounts, depicting a court lady in a colourful spring
kimono embroidered with cherry blossom holding her long
hair in her left hand; signed Yosai and sealed Takeyasu;
with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Kyujo
Kikuchi Yosai hitsu (Court lady brushed by Kikuchi Yosai)
and a certificate dated Taisho kanoto-tori (1921) by the
artist’s pupil Matsumoto Fuko (1840-1923).
Overall: 210cm x 59.5cm (82 5/8in x 23 3/8in);
image: 113cm x 40cm (44½in x 15¾in). (3).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY290,000 - 440,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

Kikuchi Yosai, a versatile artist trained in several Japanese
styles as well as in Western painting techniques, made a
special study of the usages and practices of the ancient
court and military households.

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TEISAI HOKUBA (1770-1844)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1840
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk
in silk mounts, depicting two women from the village of
Ohara outside Kyoto, one of them carrying the customary
bundle of firewood on her head, the other with a box of
kinuta (pestles for fulling textiles), also on her head, the
two women followed by a horse laden with firewood and
a flowering branch of cherry; signed Nanaju-o Teisai hitsu
(Brushed by Teisai, aged 70) and sealed; with a wood
storage box and certificate.
Overall: 133cm x 82.5cm (52 3/8in x 32½in);
image: 40cm x 69cm (15¼in x 27 1/8in). (4).

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$3,900 - 5,200

One of Hokusai’s earliest and most famous pupils,
Teisai Hokuba, is best known for surimono (privately
commissioned woodblock prints), book illustrations, and
paintings of beauties; this unusual subject was painted late
in his long and distinguished career.

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