In 1934, there was a public auction at Tokyo Art Club for inviting the bids for the hand-painted Ukiyo-e owned by a good old family called Shunpoan, whose art works were claimed to be produced by Sharaku TOSHUSAI or Utamaro KITAGAWA.
1934年東京美術倶楽部で、春峯庵なる旧家の所蔵品という触れ込みで東洲斎写楽、喜多川歌麿などの肉筆浮世絵の入札会が開かれた。