SHIGENOBU  (1787 ?-1833). A court lady. (Sold)

SHIGENOBU (1787 ?-1833). A court lady. (Sold)

Artist: Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787 ? - 1833)
Subject: A court lady from the Heian period holding a large folding fan standing near a curtain prepared for an outdoor dance performance.
Title: Nenohi no komatsu-hiki (The harvest of young pine trees, the day of the mouse).
Series: Sensōren rokugei (The six arts for the Sensōren)
Signature: Yanagawa Shigenobu. Poems signed Koshōrō Hirokage and Motokage.
Date: 1820-30
Publisher: Privately published
Size: Surimono shikishiban, 21x18 cm
Medium: Woodblock color print with metallic pigments.
Literature: Another impression is illustrated in Geneviève Aitken et al. Surimono Trésors de l'estampe japonaise. Paris 2019, p. 199.
Conditions: Very good impression, color and condition.
Item no: D 481
Status: Sold