Courtesan Admiring an Embroidered Ball Taisho era (1912-1926), 1915 Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colors on silk in silk mounts, depicting a courtesan seated with her left arm resting on the end of a lacquered table looking up at a kusudama (embroidered ball decoration), signed at middle right Gekko and sealed Kagyoro With a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Ogata Gekko hitsu dayu kusudama o miru zu (Picture of a courtesan viewing a kusudama), dated Showa tsuchinoto-hitsuji rokugatsu chukan (mid-June 1979), signed and sealed Kimura Tosuke (art dealer, 1901-1992) 77 1/2 x 21 3/4in (197 x 55cm); image 42 1/2 x 15in (108 x 38cm)