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Attributed to Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790) | Two woodblock-printed bookplates depicting Yoshiwara courtesans | Edo period, 18th century

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September 11, 09:09 AM GMT

Estimate

700 - 900 HKD

Lot Details

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Attributed to Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)

Two woodblock-printed bookplates depicting Yoshiwara courtesans

Edo period, 18th century 


each a woodblock-printed bookplate, from the illustrated book Courtesans in Brocades of the East (Azumanishiki matsu no kurai), unsigned, published by Urokagataya, 1777, framed 


each approx. 22.5 x 15.7 cm., 8⅞x 6¼in. (the print)

each 34.7 x 26.8 cm., 13⅝x 10½in. (the frame)

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