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Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849 |
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Illustrated Models of Couples: plaid robe (Ehon tsuhi no hinagata: ichimatsu kosode) |
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man in ichimatsu robe making love to his partner underneath the kotatsu, a purple ehon at lower left, unsigned, ca. 1816 |
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oban yoko-e 10 1/2 by 14 3/4 in., 26.7 by 37.4 cm |
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References: Jack Hillier, The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration, 1980, p. 166-169, no. 143 Matthi Forrer with texts by Edmond de Goncourt, Hokusai, 1988, p. 228, no. 251 |
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$4,500 |

