｜Oiran with lover.|Japan. Colors, white and ink on silk. 39 x 49.5cm.｜The young gentleman reaches for the Oiran, who is looking at him over the shoulder holding her long pipe. He is fashionably dressed in striped garments and also her obi belt shows a striped pattern. | |The mounting consists of an elegant kimono silk of the 18th c. with pine, plum and bamboo pattern in kata kanoko and embroidery. Sign.: Nihon-e Miyagawa Chôshun (Tradional painting by Miyagawa Chôshun). Seal: Chôshun. Mounted as hanging scroll. Condition A/B.｜Inscription on the wooden box: Miyagawa Chôshun ga ukiyo-e bijin no omote (Ukiyo-e painting with the face of beauties painted by Miyagawa Chôshun). Longer inscription on the inside of the lid with biographical details about the artist. Seal: Urin.