![[JAPANESE PILLAR PRINT] – SEKIJÔ, Juka (active ca. 1789-1817). (Two Japanese beauties).](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/38/JAPANESE-PILLAR-PRINT-SEKIJO-Juka-active-ca-1789-1817-Two-Japanese-beauties_6410945ceb05c-full-24001700_1678808157.jpg "[JAPANESE PILLAR PRINT] – SEKIJÔ, Juka (active ca. 1789-1817). (Two Japanese beauties).")
[JAPANESE PILLAR PRINT] – SEKIJÔ, Juka (active ca. 1789-1817). (Two Japanese beauties).
Description
Col. woodcut (printed on 2 attached leaves). Signed in the block (in outer left part). Ca. 58,5 x 9,5 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass).
Footnote
¶ Very rare late 18th-/ early 19th-cent. Japanese woodblock pillar print (“hashira-e”) by the Japanese artist Juka Sekijô (active ca. 1789-1817) depicting 2 Japanese beauties (possibly the courtesans Karauta of Chojiya & Hanaogi of Ogiya). – A few imperfections (sl. discol., vague horizontal creases, sl. foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in an acceptable condition (not examined out of frame).
Reserve
Time, Location
Auction House
Description
Col. woodcut (printed on 2 attached leaves). Signed in the block (in outer left part). Ca. 58,5 x 9,5 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass).
Footnote
¶ Very rare late 18th-/ early 19th-cent. Japanese woodblock pillar print (“hashira-e”) by the Japanese artist Juka Sekijô (active ca. 1789-1817) depicting 2 Japanese beauties (possibly the courtesans Karauta of Chojiya & Hanaogi of Ogiya). – A few imperfections (sl. discol., vague horizontal creases, sl. foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in an acceptable condition (not examined out of frame).
