SHIGENOBU  (1787 ?- 1833). A geisha and guest on a veranda

SHIGENOBU (1787 ?- 1833). A geisha and guest on a veranda

Artist: Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787? -1833)
Subject: A geisha and a guest on a veranda, the shadow of other people in the background.
Signature: Artist seal Yanagawa.
Date: Possibly 1/1823
Publisher: Seal of Tani Seiko, block carver and printer of Osaka. Commissioned by the Crane circle of poets of Tsurunoya, the Crane symbol on top right corner.
Size: Surimono shikishiban, 21,5x18,7 cm.
Medium: Woodblock color print with metallic pigments and blind printing.
Literature: Roger S. Keyes, Tani Seikō and his Circle in Andon. Shedding Light on Japanese Art. 72 & 73. Leiden: Society for Japanese Arts, 2002, pp. 12-26, p. 23 n. 73 in the print list..
Remarks: Another impression is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, n. JP2205.
Conditions: Very good impression and color, good condition.
Item no: D 516
Price: Euro 2500
Status: Available