Japan, 19th and 20th cent.
OBAN
UTAGAWA YOSHITORA (MOSAI)
歌川芳虎 (孟斎) (active 1836 - ca. 1887)
Courtesans playing music. Original colour woodblock print from an unknown series about the life in the Green Houses. Signature: Mosai ga (孟齋画). Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujiro (小林鉄次郎). Edition: about 1870.
OBAN 36,7 x 24,8 CM
UTAGAWA YOSHITORA (MOSAI)
歌川芳虎 (孟斎) (active 1836 - ca. 1887)
Courtesan accompanied by shinzo on her way to a restaurant. Original colour woodblock print from an unknown series about life in the Green Houses. Signature: Mosai ga (孟齋画). Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujiro (小林鉄次郎). Edition: about 1870.
OBAN 37,1 x 25,3 CM
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 歌川広重 (1797 – 1858)
Awa 阿波 Naruto no Fuha 鳴門の風波 – “Province Awa – Naruto at rough sea”. Original colour woodblock print from the series Rokuju-yoshu meisho zue 六十余州名所図会 – ''Famous Sights from the over more than 60 Provinces. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Oedo Mokuhansha (stamp on verso). Engraver: Endo. Printer: Itakura. Edition: 2nd half 20th cent.
OBAN 40,7 x 26,8 CM