SHIGEHARU (1803–1853). Ōshukubai. (Sold)
Artist:
Ryūsai Shigeharu (Japanese, 1803–1853)
Subject:
The courtesan Kotoma of the Akashiya in The Warbler in the Plum Tree (Ōshukubai) costume.
Series:
Costume Parade of the Kita-Shinchi Quarter in Osaka (Ōsaka Kita-Shinchi nerimono)
Signature:
Ryūsai Shigeharu ga
Date:
1837, 6th month
Publisher:
Honsei, Wataki, Tenki
Size:
Ōban tate-e, 36,7x25,4 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozō Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 125; Dean J. Schwaab, Osaka Prints. New York 1989, no. 269.
Remarks:
Deluxe edition with metallic pigments.
Conditions:
Fine impression and colors, faint centre fold, very good conditions.
Item no:
B 386
Status:
Sold