Lot 315 D α

Kikugawa Eizan - Courtesan underneath a blossoming cherry tree

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €

Kikugawa Eizan

Courtesan underneath a blossoming cherry tree

Ôban. Series: Fûryû seirô meika awase. Title: Tsuruya uchi. Courtesan underneath a blossoming cherry tree. Signed: Kikugawa Eizan hitsu. Publisher: Ômiya Heihachi. Censor: kiwame. About 1814-1817. Good impression and colours, slightly yellowed, slightly creased and soiled, few very small thin spots professionally restored, full margins.

Literature

The name of the courtesan and that of the house that she belongs to differ from the names written on the copies that are housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession nos. 11.17699, 21.6923 and 20.87