Catalog record · 目録番号 87812
Extremely rare hosoban showing the oiran Hanaogi with her two kamuro from the House of Ogi
Print by Hosoda Eishi, 細田栄之 (Hosoda EISHI) (1792)
Catalog note / 解説
An extremely rare hosoban showing the oiran Hanaogi with her two kamuro from the House of Ogi. This appears to have been from a series as I had another design from the set in my Catalogue 8, 1972, no 38, showing Hinazuru of Choji-ya. Another Eishi hosoban appeared in the Sotheby sale catalogue, July 1963, lot 195. A rare format for anything other than actor prints during this period. Published c 1792. Ex Mellor and P & L Warnock collections. Illustrated in The Floating World Exhibition: Japan’s World of Transient Pleasures, The Art Gallery of South Wales, Sydney, 1994, no. C6. Very good impression and colour. Printed in tones of pale mauve and grey with details in yellow. Light yellow groun…
Image record / 画像情報
KRUML · 1792 · kruml
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