Courtesans, from the series Thirty-Six Selected Flowers in Full Bloom from Their Handwritings
Ochiai Yoshiiku
Meiji period (1868-1912), 1869
Titles Courtesans, from the series Thirty-Six Selected Flowers in Full Bloom from Their Handwritings (Proper)@「全盛自筆 三十六花撰」 (Proper)@Thirty-six Selected Flowers in Full Bloom, The Courtesans Koinosuke and Sengi of the Kakusen House (Zensei Jihitsu Sanjūroku Kasen, Koinosuke to Sengi, Kakusen-ya) (Former title)
Signature Recto, printed in white cartouche, lower right:Ikkeisai Yoshiiku paints (一恵斎芳幾画, Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga)
Recto, red seal, below signature: [Paulownia] (芳桐印, yoshikiri-in)
Marks Recto, seal of censor, above signature: Snake 6 aratame (巳六改)
Recto, printed in yellow cartouche, lower left: Tō Ichi Yorozuya prints (通一萬や梓, Tō Ichi Yorozuya azusa)
Inscription Recto, printed in red square, top right: Thirty-Six Selected Flowers in Full Bloom from Their Handwritings (「全盛自筆 三十六花撰」, Zansei Jihitsu Senjūrokka-sen)
Recto, printed in green / pink square, top right: [illegible]
Provenance Arts and Designs of Japan, San Francisco, CA; by purchase Catherine H. Collins; by bequest to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
