Someito and Kumoi of the Matsuda-rō, from the series Thirty-Six Selected Flowers in Full Bloom from Their Handwritings
Ochiai Yoshiiku, Published by Yorozuya Magobei
Meiji period (1868-1912), 1869
Titles Someito and Kumoi of the Matsuda-rō, from the series Thirty-Six Selected Flowers in Full Bloom from Their Handwritings (Proper)@「全盛自筆 三十六花撰」 「松田楼 染糸」 「同 雲井」 (Proper)@Thirty-six Selected Flowers in Full Bloom, The Courtesans Koiito and Kumoi of the Matsuda House (Zensei Jihitsu Sanjūroku Kasen, Koiito, Kumoi, Matsuda-ya) (Former title)
Signature Recto, printed in white cartouche, loewr left: 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 8 aratame (巳八改)
Recto, seal of publisher, upper right of signature: Tō Ichi Yorozuya print (通一萬や梓,Tō Ichi Yorozuya azusa)
Recto, seal of carver, loewr right of signature: Carve Uta (彫卯多, Hori Uta)
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: Someito and Kumoi of the Matsuda-rō (松田楼 染糸 / 同 雲井, Matsuda-rō Someito / ōnaji Kumoi)
Provenance With 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.
