Shikishiban. Surimono. Center sheet from a series of three surimono that each portray a courtesan, from Kyoto, Edo and from Osaka. Made for the Gogawa group. Title: Kōto (Edo). Courtesan sitting with long silver pipe. Signed: Gakutei. Seal: Sadaoka. Rare. Artist or Maker Yashima Gakutei Medium RefChi RefJap Condition Report Very good impression, blind printing, colours slightly faded, metal pigments, copper oxidized, paper slightly rubbed and soiled, corners creased, framed (not examined outside frame). Literature Cf. Steffi Schmidt und Setsuko Kuwabara, Surimono. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag 1990, ca. no. 10 Provenance Estate, Aachen Notes VAT: Margin scheme