Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

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Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829) | Lady in a court carriage and attendants viewing cherry blossoms | Edo period, late 18th century

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Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)

Lady in a court carriage and attendants viewing cherry blossoms

Edo period, late 18^th century

woodblock print, triptych, each sheet signed Eishi zu (Drawn by Eishi), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1796; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 38 x 24.4 cm., 15 x 9⅝ in.

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Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829), Dame et ses suivantes regardant des cerisiers en fleurs, époque Edo, fin du XVIIIe siècle

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

A similar impression of the same triptych is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number JP185.

A further impression is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.4902.

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