Details
HOKUSAI: chuban yoko-e (19 x 25.4 cm.); Soshu Tonegawa "Tone River, Shimosa province", from the series Chie no umi "Oceans of wisdom", signed Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu and published by Moriya Jihei--very good impression and color, two small soil marks, minor tear restored upper left,otherwise very good condition
Provenance
Spaulding Brothers
Gookin
Collonna
Garland, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, April 12, 1945, lot 37 (part of) Anonymous collector, sold in these Rooms September 22, 1983, lot 116
The Chie no umi series is one of Hokusai's rarest sets. It seems to have been issued in the mid-1830s and, like the Hyakunin Isshu series of the same date, publication of the prints ceased abruptly. Ten prints comprise the complete set, although a number of preparatory drawings are extant for prints that were never made.
Gookin
Collonna
Garland, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, April 12, 1945, lot 37 (part of) Anonymous collector, sold in these Rooms September 22, 1983, lot 116
The Chie no umi series is one of Hokusai's rarest sets. It seems to have been issued in the mid-1830s and, like the Hyakunin Isshu series of the same date, publication of the prints ceased abruptly. Ten prints comprise the complete set, although a number of preparatory drawings are extant for prints that were never made.
Further details
From the Collection of the late Werner Schindler