UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

KITAGAWA SHIKIMARO (ACT. 1804-20)

KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)

KIKUGAWA YEIZAN (1787-1867)

UTAGAWA YOSHIFUJI (1828-87)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Five Japanese woodblock prints depicting beauties, the first by Hiroshige and entitled 'Evening Cool at Ryogoku', from the series 'Famous Places in the Eastern Capital' (c.1844-48); another by Shikimaro of 'Hanazuma of the Ogiya, Kamuro Nioi and Kaoru', from the series 'Thirty-Six Female Poetic Immortals in the Modern Style' (c.1813); the third by Eisen and entitled 'Yui: Shigesaki of the Owariya' from the series 'A Tokaido Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-Three Pairings in the Yoshiwara' (c.1821-23); the fourth possibly by Utagawa Yoshifuji of a lady in an interior holding a fan, and another possibly by Kikugawa Yeizan depicting an oiran with a checkered kimono, 39cm x 26.4cm max. (5)