Hanging scroll - Paper, Silk - Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845) - Yūjo 遊女 (courtesan) beneath a willow - Japan - Early 19th century Painting with ink and light colours on paper. Size of painting: 28x104.5cm Roller ends: Wood With inscribed wooden storage box. Slightly soiled and creased. Very few insect traces on the mounting and a small tear at the right roller end. Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845) was born in what is now the city of Kurashiki, to a merchant family that ran a wine shop. He went to Edo (now Tokyo) and there apprenticed himself to Goshun. He was given the familiar name Shigen and was called Shime. He alternatively signed his works with the names Tangaku, Koson, Rikyo, and Choshinsai and was a leading painter of the Shijo School.