TOSA MITSUSADA (1738-1806) Tatebina Dolls

TOSA MITSUSADA (1738-1806) Tatebina Dolls
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on paper in modern silk mounts incorporating parts of an Edo-period kimono, depicting two tatebina dolls, an emperor and a smaller empress beneath an inscription by Hino Sukeki, the inscription signed Juichii Sukeki, the painting signed Edokoro Azukari Tosa Mitsusada (Tosa Mitsusada, Head of the Imperial Painting Bureau) and sealed Mitsusada no in (Seal of Mitsusada); with a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed outside Tatebina Hino Sukeki san Tosa Mitsusada ga (Tatebina Dolls, inscription by Hino Sukeki, painting by Tosa Mitsusada. Overall: 154cm x 46.5cm (61 5/8in x 18 5/8in); image: 81.5cm x 26cm (32in x 10¼in). (2).