From the Collection of the late Werner Schindler
HOKUSAI: nagaban tate-e (51.3 x 23cm.); Toru Daijin, the poet Minamoto no Toru and two companions in a landscape contemplating the crescent moon, from the series Shika shashinkyo "A mirror of Chinese and Japanese verse", signed Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu and published by Moriya Jihei, censor's seal kiwame--very good impression, extensive wood grain, slightly faded color, tears restored especially toward bottom of image, horizontal fold, mica highlights

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HOKUSAI: nagaban tate-e (51.3 x 23cm.); Toru Daijin, the poet Minamoto no Toru and two companions in a landscape contemplating the crescent moon, from the series Shika shashinkyo "A mirror of Chinese and Japanese verse", signed Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu and published by Moriya Jihei, censor's seal kiwame--very good impression, extensive wood grain, slightly faded color, tears restored especially toward bottom of image, horizontal fold, mica highlights

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED
Eiko Kondo, Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Schindler Collection (1985), no. 127