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Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790) | The courtesan Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya house parading with four attendants | Edo period, 18th century

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

September 11, 09:09 AM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)

The courtesan Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya house parading with four attendants

Edo period, 18th century


woodblock print, from the series Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsumoyo), signed Koryusai ga (Pictured by Koryusai), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), late 1770s, framed


Vertical oban: 

36.4 x 25.8 cm., 14⅜ x 10¼ in. (the print)

51 x 37 cm., 20⅛ x 14⅝ in. (the frame)