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ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790)
Couple at veranda, and a courtesan and kamuro
Two prints (hashira-e) comprising:
The first, of a young couple meeting on veranda, signed Koryusai ga;
the second, of a courtesan and kamuro of Echigoya teahouse, signed
Koryu ga
26æ x 4Ω in. (68 x 11.5 cm.), 27Ω x 4æ in. (70 x 12 cm.) (2)
$4,000-6,000

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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
The Lovers Umegawa and Chubei in the Night Rain
Woodblock print, from the series Tokiwazu Tomimoto joruri zukushi
(Collection of Joruri Recitations in the Tokiwazu and Tomimoto
Styles), signed Utamaro hitsu, published circa 1802
Hashira-e: 24¿ x 4º in. (61.3 x 10.8 cm.)
$2,000-3,000

The same print is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, accession no. 06.1490

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KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754–1806)
The Lovers Umegawa and Chubei in the Night Rain
Woodblock print, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Muratoya
Jirobei (Eiyudo), circa 1798-90
Hashira-e: 24¬ x 5æ in. (62.5 x 14.7 cm.)
$2,000-3,000

The courtesan Umegawa and Chubei, employee of a money
courier, eloping on a rainy night for his native village of Ninokuchi
in Yamato province, where Chubei will be found out for stealing a
packet of cash he was to deliver and the lovers will meet their end,
an illustration of the scene in puppet and kabuki plays based on
Meido no hikyaku (Hell's courier, 1711) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon
(1653-1725).

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