SHIGEHARU (1803–1853). Mon of Iseshima. (Sold)

SHIGEHARU (1803–1853). Mon of Iseshima. (Sold)

Artist: Ryūsai Shigeharu (1803–1853)
Subject: The courtesan Mon of Iseshima with the Ataka Barrier (Ataka) 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.
Remarks: Deluxe edition with metallic pigments.
Conditions: Fine impression and colors, faint centre fold, very good conditions.
Item no: B 391
Status: Sold