Lot 758: f - KITAO MASANOBU, (1761-1816), 1784

A SHEET FROM THE ALBUM `YOSHIWARA KEISEI SHIN BIJIN AWASE JIHITSU KAGAMI' (A COMPARISON OF NEW BEAUTIES WITH SAMPLES OF THEIR CALLIGRAPHY)

double-oban, 37.5 by 49cm., 14 3/4 by 19 1/4 in.

depicting Chozan seated at a Chinese writing table, copying poems from a book, left, whilst Hinazuru stands, talking to her right, two kamuro and two shinzo in attendance, published by Tsutaya Jusaburo, unsigned

Condition Note: Fair impression, rather faded with repaired wormage, foxing to far left corner, soiled, a brown stain along the fold towards the top

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