Description: Princess Onna-Sannomiya and Kitten, 18th Century, the young court lady, one of the heroines of the Genji Monogatari, looking down at her kitten which she leads by a cord, behind her, on the dais of the tokonoma are a set of books, paper and a suzuribako, signed Komai Yoshinobu ga. Artist also known as Yamanoto Yoshinobu.
Note: Only two other copies of this print are known: one in the Van Vleck Collection, reproduced in Ukiyo-e Masterpiece Exhibition, p.13, no.5; one which sold at Sotheby’s, London, June 8, 2004 (lot 101); and one in the Ritsumeikan University collection
h. 10-1/4 w. 7-1/2 in.