Takahashi Hiroaki (Shōtei) (Japan, 1871-1945) - Lot 87

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Takahashi Hiroaki (Shōtei) (Japan, 1871-1945) - Lot 87
Takahashi Hiroaki (Shōtei) (Japan, 1871-1945) Print, dai oban yoko-e, Yoshiwara Kōshisakinozu, Night Scene at Yoshiwara. Cartouche by the artist Hiroaki Takahashi. Publisher Fusui Gabō (Fusui workshop). 1929. Marked on the back: print 61/300 (minor restoration). Dim. 28.4 x 43.5 cm. This print by Shōtei is designed after a painting by Katsushika Ōi (1800-1866), the daughter of Katsushika Hokusai. The painting evokes a very different atmosphere compared to other depictions of the Yoshiwara. As a woman, Ōi perhaps had a different vision of the Yoshiwara: she shows the courtesans in a room behind bars, rendering a sense of confinement. Ōi doesn't focus on the women's beauty and skills. Potential customers are represented by dark silhouettes in front of the bars, likening them to voyeurs. Reference: A similar print held at the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, accession no. S2003.8.2385
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