The Courtesan Segawa of Matsuba-ya parading left with her two kamuro, Sasano, and Takeno, in front of the Green House which has blue noren with the mon of the house (matsu in a circle) in white reserve. 
Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (1752 - 1815)
Title: The Beauty Segawa
Date: 1782 c. (Edo Period)
Series: Models for Fashion. New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves; (Hinagata Wakana Hatsu no Moyo)
Signed: Kiyonaga ga.
Publisher: Eijuhan
Format: Oban tate-e; Woodblock printed on paper.
Size: 14 3/4'' x 10''
 
Very good condition, slightly toned, and trimmed on bottom.
 
Illustrated: lot # 150, a full page illustration in Vever auction catalog, part I, March 26th 1974.  Sold for 4,200 pounds in 1974, which would be about £56,000 or $67,699 adjusted for inflation today.