Silk painting (kenpon)

Painting on silk (kenpon) natural pigments, two women washing with the wooden mallet (kinuta), and a little boy playing and discovering his mother’s breast.

Signature: Hokusai Iitsu Hitsu with stamp of the same period.
stamp ‘Hokusaiaratame ii hitsu’
Old Kiri box.

Provenance: Collection of Mr. B. Nippon art specialist and enthusiast who lived in Japan between 1980 and 2000.