Lot 240 Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829) | The courtesan Morokoshi of the Echizenya house | Edo period, late 18th century

Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829) | The courtesan Morokoshi of the Echizenya house | Edo period, late 18th century

EUR 15,000

15,000 - 20,000 EUR

未知

Very good impression and colour, with mica and karazuri embellishments, the top and left-hand edge with trimming, minor soiling, some chain lines with small repairs in places, a few small holes patched from verso, some with associated re-touching, the reverse top right corner with slight tape residue, the bottom right corner with small pencil inscription to verso.

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woodblock print, embellished with silver mica to the collar and embossing on the white sash and inner robe, from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin Rokkasen), signed Eishi zu (Pictured by Eishi), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1794-5; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso
Vertical oban: 35.6 x 24.7 cm, 14 by 9¾ in.
来源：Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)
展览：Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection], exhibited at the following venues:
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Osaka, 27th December 1990 - 8th January 1991
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Ginza, 24th - 29th January 1991
著录：Narazaki Muneshige, ed., Hizo ukiyo-e taikan, Puruvera korekushon [Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections: The Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), no. 50.
Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), p. 42, no. 1-53.
图录
说明：With brush between her fingers, the seated courtesan Morokoshi rests her head in her hand as she ponders over the composition of a poem. Poetry slips (tanzaku) rest on a red lacquer table beside a stack of books. The central cartouche contains a spray of tiger lily.
Other impressions of the same print are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.14040, the British Museum, museum number 1945,1101,0.23, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, accession number EA1970.111.