TSUKIOKA SESSAI (d. 1839)*

NOBLEMAN AND LADY VIEWING A FOUNTAIN IN A GARDEN EDO PERIOD, BUNKA ERA (1804-18)

Details

TSUKIOKA SESSAI (d. 1839)*
Nobleman and lady viewing a fountain in a garden
Edo period, Bunka era (1804-18)
Signed Hokkyo Tsukioka Sessai, sealed Shuei and Gikosai Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
33 x 13in. (85.8 x 34.4cm.)

Exhibited

"Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art," shown at the following venues:
Sendai City Museum, Sendai, 1988.6.11--7.17
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 1988.9.6--10.9
Sogo Museum, Yokohama, 1988.10.20--11.13

Lot Essay

published:

Azabu Museum of Art, and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art, introduction by Kobayashi Tadashi, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 70.

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), no. 58.