TSUKIMARO (?-1830) The courtesan Takigawa. (Sold)

TSUKIMARO (?-1830) The courtesan Takigawa. (Sold)

Artist: Kitagawa Tsukimaro (Kikumaro) (?-1830)
Subject: The courtesan Takigawa of the house Ōgiya painting a votive picture to be donated to the Kannon of Asakusa. Two assistants behind her.
Signature: Tsukimaro hitsu
Date: First month 1800, censor seal for the Monkey year.
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyūdō)
Size: Oban tate-e, 37,8x24,7 cm. Left sheet of a triptych.
Medium: Woodblock color print.
Literature: An impression of the complete triptych is illustrated in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genova, vol. I (1988), pl.168.
Remarks: Provenance, Hayashi Tadamasa seal.
Conditions: Very good impression, colour slightly faded, very good conditions.
Item no: B 337
Status: Sold