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CHOBUNSAI EISHI (1756-1829)
The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya Teahouse
Woodblock print, from the series Seiro moyo awase (Contest of
Designs in the Pleasure Quarters), signed Eishi zu, published by
Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), 1796-7
Vertical oban: 14¡ x 9√ in. (36.6 x 25.1 cm.)
$4,000-6,000

For another impression see Klaus J. Brandt, Hosoda Eishi, Der
Japanische Maler und Holzschnitt Meister und Seine Schuler (Stuttgart,
1977), 104a, no. 266.

153
ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790)
The Courtesan Matsunoi of the Matsubaya Teahouse
Woodblock print, from the series Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo
(Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves),
signed Buko Yagenbori inshi Koryusai zu, published by Nishimuraya
Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1777-78
Vertical oban: 15 x 10º in. (38 x 26 cm.)
$4,000-6,000

For a different design from the same series in the collection of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/katarai-of-the-
%C3%B4giya-kamuro-morino-and-yamaji-from-the-series-models-
for-fashion-new-year-designs-as-fresh-as-young-leaves-hinagata-
wakana-no-hatsu-moy%C3%B4-214899