From a Private Swiss Collection
Kitagawa Utamaro II (active circa 1800-1810)Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)

Four Prints depicting Beautiful Women

Price realised GBP 1,250
Estimate
GBP 1,500 – GBP 1,800
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Kitagawa Utamaro II (active circa 1800-1810)Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)

Four Prints depicting Beautiful Women

Price realised GBP 1,250
Price realised GBP 1,250
Details
Kitagawa Utamaro II (active circa 1800-1810)
Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)
Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
Four Prints depicting Beautiful Women
Chozan of the Chojiya House (Chojiya Uchi no Chozan), from the series Five Layers of Clothing for Gorgeous Courtesans (Goju no Koromobina no Kasanegi), woodblock print, signed Utamaro hitsu, 1799

The Priest Kisen, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen), signed Eishi ga, circa 1789-90

A Boating Party on the Sumida River, signed Kiyonaga ga, circa 1789 (one sheet from an incomplete triptych)

The actors Segawa Michisaburo and Matsuyama Sawamura Gennosuke I, signed Toyokuni ga, circa 1800
Each vertical oban (each approx. 37.8 x 25.2 cm.)
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