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Lot 304 Dα

Katsushika Hokusai - Courtesans, geisha, shinzô and kamuro enjoying the full moon

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 7.560 € (incl. premium)

Katsushika Hokusai

Courtesans, geisha, shinzô and kamuro enjoying the full moon

Yokonagaban, surimono. Courtesans, geisha, shinzô and kamuro enjoying the full moon from a large window. Signed: Sôri aratame Hokusai ga. About 1799. Rare. Very good impression, colours still very good, rubbed and soiled, three vertical folds, thin spots and small holes backed, upper margin and left side strongly trimmed.
19.3 x 52 cm

Provenance

Collection Dr. Kurt Meissner (1885-1976), and thence by descent

Exhibitions

Cf. British Museum, accession number 1945,0210,0.7