TSUKIOKA SETTEI (1710–1786) A coloured kakejiku on silk, depicting a full-length portrait of a courtesan, her head slightly tilted and turned to one side, wearing an apple-green kimono adorned with butterflies. Signed ‘Shinten’ô gihitsu’ in the lower right-hand corner above the seal ‘Tsukioka Masanobu’. (Stains, one crease). Japan, 19th century. KAKEJIKU, COLOURS ON SILK, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY. DIM. 84.5 X 27 CM (33 1/4 X 10 5/8 IN.) About the artist: Settei was born in Ômi Province and studied painting in Osaka in the style of the Kanô school, led by Takeda Keiho. He was strongly influenced by the work of the ukiyo-e artist Nishikawa Sukenobu. Settei produced numerous prints, but his bijin-ga paintings, depicting beautiful women, are regarded as his most representative works.