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POSSIBLY BY MUTA SHUGETSU KITANO TSUNETOMI (1880-1947)
Beauty with Drum Beauty with a Fan
Showa (1926-1989) era, mid 20th century Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1930s
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on silk in silk mounts, depicting a beauty Ink, colors, and gofun (calcified crushed shell) on paper, framed and glazed,
dressed in formal attire and with an elaborate coiffure, her outer kimono featuring a courtesan with the features and coiffure of the late eighteenth or
decorated with wild chrysanthemums, beating a kotsuzumi held at her right early nineteenth century holding an uchiwa painted with irises, dramatically
shoulder, signed and sealed at lower left Shugetsu cropped in the manner of a hashira-e (“pillar print”), signed Tsunetomi
With a wood tomobako storage box 14 1/8 x 2 3/8in (35.8 x 6cm)
40 1/4 x 15 1/2in (102.2 x 39.3cm)
$1,500 - 2,000
$1,200 - 1,800 Perhaps better known to Western collectors as a print designer, Kitano
546 ¤ Tsunetomi was a leading light of Osaka painting during the early Showa era,
ARTIST UNKNOWN specializing in paintings of beautiful women in a wide variety of styles.
Beauty and Willow
Showa (1926-1989) era, mid 20th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on silk in silk mounts, depicting a beauty
dressed in formal summer attire with a prominent obi sash and black-
lacquered geta (clogs) parading beneath a weeping willow tree, with
undeciphered signature and seal at lower left and inscription Shimizu . . .
kinen egaku (Painted in commemoration of Shimizu . . .)

With a wood storage box inscribed outside Bijinga (Painting of a beautiful
woman), the reverse of the lid with the same inscription as the painting
43 1/4 x 10 5/8in (109.7 x 26.7cm)
$1,500 - 2,000

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