Lot 136: KITAO MASANOBU, (1761-1816), C.1785

the first of the full length figures of two geisha, probably on their way to a party, one lady dressed in a simple kimono tied with an obi made of elaborate foreign imported textile and carrying a wad of kaishi, no publisher's mark, unsigned; the second of two courtesans looking from behind a barred window at a fan seller passing by, publisher's mark of Izumiya Ichibei, signed Masanobu ga

Condition Note: Good impressions, each rather soiled and faded with horizontal fold marks

hashira-e: 70.8 by 12.7 and 67.2 by 11.9cm., 27 13/16 by 5 and 26 3/8 by 4 11/16in.

The second, Hayashi Tadamasa (1854-1906)

QUANTITY: 2

Original handwritten notes on mount, acheté à Murakami, 20-3-10, the second, ibid. 17-05-09