Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
The Property of a Gentleman
Eishosai Choki (active circa 1780–1810) | Tayu Tsukasa of the Higashi-Ogiya (Higashi Ogiya, Tsukasa dayu) | Edo period, late 18th century
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December 16, 02:17 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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The Property of a Gentleman
Eishosai Choki (active circa 1780–1810)
Tayu Tsukasa of the Higashi-Ogiya (Higashi Ogiya, Tsukasa dayu)
Edo period, late 18th century
woodblock print, from the series The Shinmachi Quarter of Osaka (Osaka Shinmachi), pale mica background, signed Choki ga (Pictured by Choki), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), circa late 1790s; with collectors' seals Hayashi and H.V
Vertical oban: 38.1 x 26.5 cm., 15 x 10¼ in.
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906)
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, 26 March 1974, Lot 265.
Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, vol. 2, (London, 1976), p. 556-57, no. 574.
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, go to:
https://honolulumuseum.org/collections/4110/
For a different design from the same series in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1925.2577, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/22496/osumi-a-tayu-of-the-tsuchiya-in-the-shinmachi-quarter-in-osaka