Chobunsai Hosoda Eishi
1756 - 1829
Hanaogi of the Ogiya
1794 - 182
1794 - 182
Vertical ôban, 374 x 249 mm
Signed: Eishi zu
Censor: Kiwame
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi
Series: Six beauties of the licentious neighborhoods - Seiro Bijin Rokkasen
Provenance: Hayashi Tadamasa, his stamp on the recto; Huguette Berés, her stamp on the verso
An extremely fine impression, with elegant use of karazuri and applications of mica powder in the collar, on the fan and in the lower part of the kimono. Sheet and colour in very good condition.
Literature:
Narazaki Muneshige, Hizo Ukiyo-e Taikan - Berés Collection, Kodansha, Tokyo, 1991, p. 241, fig. 85.