HOKUEI SHUNBAISAI 春梅斎北英 (active 1828–1837)

Shunbaisai HOKUEI (active 1828-1837) This is the right sheet of a diptych, on the missing left sheet is pictured Arashi Rikan II as Karigane Bunshichi Play: Aigikyô Karigane Gomon Theater: Kado Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) Signature: Shunkôsai Hokuei ga (on each sheet) Date: 1833 (Tenpô 4), 5th month Condition: excellent impression and colors; small restored wormhole, faint soiling at lower margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (38 x 26 cm)

Series: Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories) Siganture: Shunbaisai Hokuei ga Date: ca. 1830–1832 Condition: very good Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (37,7 x 25,7 cm)

Siganture: Shunbaisai Hokuei ga Publisher: Honya Seishichi Date: 1829 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (36 x 25 cm)

Series: Shimanouchi Nerimono (Costumes in the Shimanouchi District) Publisher: Tenki Signature: Sekkaro Hokuei ga with Artist's Seal Hokuei Date: c. 1836 At least 12 designs exist of this series and were designed by several artists including Hokuei, Hokuju, Sadahiro, Sadanobu, Shigeharu and Yoshikuni. The title cartouche show the series title in the upper part, in the fan the description of the costume and in the lower part the house and the name of the geisha. Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (36,1 x 25 cm)