| | Stockno.: | 22-260-d | Artist: | Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912) | Description: | No.8 Muro no tsu 室の津, from the series Eastern brocades: day and night compared (Azuma Nishiki Chūya Kurabe 東錦晝夜竸). Published by Kobayashi Tetsujiro in 1886.
Courtesan from Muro-no-tsu with her two servants in a boat. Demonic ghost Akugenta Yoshihira is depicted on the upper inset. The cartouche has the courtesan addressing Akugenta with a line in 5/7/5 syllables, to which he replies in 7/7 syllables to complete the tanka 31 syllable line. | Signed: | Yōshū Chikanobu hitsu | Size: | Oban tate-e | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition. | Price: | Euro 225 | Reference: | | | | |
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