Lot Essay
Only two other impressions of this print are known, one in the Grabhorn Collection and one in The Art Institute of Chicago. Unlike the present example, both of those impressions are trimmed.
For the Grabhorn version, see Laura W. Allen and Melissa M. Rinne, eds., The Printer's Eye: Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection (San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2013), cat. no. 5, p. 36; Julia Meech, "Edwin Grabhorn: Printer and Print Collector," Impressions (Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America, awarded the 2010 Donald Keene Prize for the Promotion of Japanese Culture by Columbia University) (2003): p. 57, fig. 3; Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Gurabuhon korekushon ukiyoe meihin ten Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Irma Grabhorn-Engel Collection, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Bun'yusha, 1995), pl. 6 (ex coll. Charles Morse); Howard A. Link, Narazaki Muneshige and Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Honoruru bijutsukan Honolulu Academy of Arts, Edwin and Irma Grabhorn Collection, vol. 10 of Ukiyoe shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), no. 40.
For the Art Institute version, see Suzuki Juzo and Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Shikago bijutsukan 1 The Art Institute of Chicago 1, vol. 4 of Ukiyoe shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), pl. 2; Helen C. Gunsaulus, The Clarence Buckingham Collection of Japanese Prints, Vol. 1: The Primitives (Chicago: The Art Institute, 1955), p. 25 (ex coll. Doucet and Fuller); Donald Jenkins, The Art Institute of Chicago: Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings of the Primitive Period, 1680-1745, An Exhibition in Memory of Margaret O. Gentles, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute, 1971), no. 116.
For the Grabhorn version, see Laura W. Allen and Melissa M. Rinne, eds., The Printer's Eye: Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection (San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2013), cat. no. 5, p. 36; Julia Meech, "Edwin Grabhorn: Printer and Print Collector," Impressions (Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America, awarded the 2010 Donald Keene Prize for the Promotion of Japanese Culture by Columbia University) (2003): p. 57, fig. 3; Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Gurabuhon korekushon ukiyoe meihin ten Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Irma Grabhorn-Engel Collection, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Bun'yusha, 1995), pl. 6 (ex coll. Charles Morse); Howard A. Link, Narazaki Muneshige and Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Honoruru bijutsukan Honolulu Academy of Arts, Edwin and Irma Grabhorn Collection, vol. 10 of Ukiyoe shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), no. 40.
For the Art Institute version, see Suzuki Juzo and Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Shikago bijutsukan 1 The Art Institute of Chicago 1, vol. 4 of Ukiyoe shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1979), pl. 2; Helen C. Gunsaulus, The Clarence Buckingham Collection of Japanese Prints, Vol. 1: The Primitives (Chicago: The Art Institute, 1955), p. 25 (ex coll. Doucet and Fuller); Donald Jenkins, The Art Institute of Chicago: Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings of the Primitive Period, 1680-1745, An Exhibition in Memory of Margaret O. Gentles, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute, 1971), no. 116.