Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 87812

Extremely rare hosoban showing the oiran Hanaogi with her two kamuro from the House of Ogi

Print by Hosoda Eishi, 細田栄之 (Hosoda EISHI) (1792)

Artist / 作者
Hosoda Eishi細田栄之
Date / 年代
1792
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
1137 × 2472 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

An extremely rare hosoban showing the oiran Hanaogi with her two kamuro from the House of Ogi. This appears to have been from a series as I had another design from the set in my Catalogue 8, 1972, no 38, showing Hinazuru of Choji-ya. Another Eishi hosoban appeared in the Sotheby sale catalogue, July 1963, lot 195. A rare format for anything other than actor prints during this period. Published c 1792. Ex Mellor and P & L Warnock collections. Illustrated in The Floating World Exhibition: Japan’s World of Transient Pleasures, The Art Gallery of South Wales, Sydney, 1994, no. C6. Very good impression and colour. Printed in tones of pale mauve and grey with details in yellow. Light yellow groun…

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