Tsukioka Masanobu Settei

Tsukioka Settei (1710-1786) Nobleman writing a poem on a winter day Signed Hogen Tsukioka Settei, sealed Sei Genjiuji Kida na Masanobu aza Taikei go Settei betsugo Tsukioka jisho Shinten-o and Kohyo tamano gotoku kiyoshi Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk 45¾ x 18 1/8in. (106.3 x 46cm.) Previously sold Sotheby's, New York, 21 September 2000, lot 309 Nagai Takeshi, "Tsukioka Settei hitsu kijinzu A Noblemen with flowers by Settei," Ehimeken bijutsukan kenkyu kiyo 7 (2008.9): pls. 1-2, pp. 1-5. The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, on loan, 2008.8.28-11.9

Tsukioka Settei (1710-1786) Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820) Various artists Onna Buyu Yoso-oi kurabe [An Array of Brave Women], (1757), 3 vols, complete, signed Rojinsai Tsukioka Tange Masanobu, good impression, wear to edge of pages and covers, staining and wormage; Ehon Fumi Kuruma, shunga, 3 vols, preface signed Koteishujin (go of Kitao Shigemasa), good impression, wear to pages and covers; and Jigoku Jitsuyu Settsu [The Doctrinal Laws of Hell], (1803), various artists, 1 vol, complete, good impression, some staining and wear to page edges, covers worn Various sizes (7) Lot Notes For further reading on the first see J. Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, (London, 1987), p.285-7

Tsukioka Settei (1710-86) A Woman of the Genroku Period Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; depicting a courtesan in black uchikake decorated with variously shaped cages, a bright green obi tied at her waist; signed Shintenno Tsukioka Masanobu oju , sealed Sei Genji Kida, na Masanobu, azana Taikei, go Settei, betsugo Tukioka, jisho Shintenno ; together with a wooden tomobako . 37 3/4 x 13 3/4in (95.8 x 34.9cm)

Tsukioka Settei (1710-1786) Komachi washing the copybook (Soshi arai Komachi) Signed Hokkyo Tsukioka Settei, sealed Shinten'o and Masanobu noin Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk 22 x 49 3/8in. (55.8 x 125.2cm.) Provenance The Manno Art Museum, Osaka PUBLISHED: Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Manno bijutsukan (The Manno Art Museum),vol. 7 of Nikuhitsu ukiyoe taikan/Ukiyo-e paintings in Japanesecollections (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1996), no. 37.

TSUKIOKA SETTEI (1710-1786)* The night attack on Horikawa palace: Yoshitsune and LadyShizuka Edo period, An'ei era (1772-81) Signed Hogen Tsukioka Settei oju sha and another seal Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk 41 x 15.3/8in. (105.3 x 39cm.) Lot Notes published: Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum ofArts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo:Kodansha, 1995), no. 59.