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Momokawa CHOKI
(late 18th / early 19th c.) 		The lovers, Okaru and Yuranosuke


Signed:                     Shiko hitsu
Date:                         1781-1809
Size:                          hashira-e (59.5 x 12 cms)






Condition:
Fine impression, good colors, very good condition.
small paper hinges au verso. - Very rare.
Choki stands out in the history of ukiyo-e as one of the great designers of ukiyo-e, equal, if not superior to his contemporary, Utamaro. His output, though, was much smaller in number and only a few pillar prints are recorded. - Between 1781 and 1809 he signed his prints 'Shiko'.

Reference: Pins, Japanese Pillar Prints, no. 846 shows another (somewhat trimmed) impression of this design by Choki.

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