Sugimura Jihei (act. ca. 1681-97)
Sugimura Jihei (act. ca. 1681-97)

Sugimura Jihei (act. ca. 1681-97)

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Sugimura Jihei (act. ca. 1681-97)
Sumizuri-e of a cavalcade of five female warriors in festival parade, several with fanciful banners, a foot-soldier with glaive beside the lead horse, unsigned but the name Sugimura appears on the banner of the rider second from left--fine impression, restoration
dai oban yoko-e: 30.8 x 56.2cm.
Provenance
Henri Vever (1854-1942), sold Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, 26 March, 1974, no. 5

Lot Essay

This is the only recorded impression.

PUBLISHED:
Shibui Kiyoshi, Sugimura Jihei in Ukiyo-e zuten (Illustrated catalogue of ukiyo-e) (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1964)
Woldemar von Seidlitz, W. de Seidlitz, Les Estampes Japonaises (Paris: Editions Hachette, 1911), pl. 4.

Genshoku Ukiyo-e daihyakka jiten henshu iinkai, ed., text by Asano Shugo and Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Sakuhin 1 Moronobu--Harunobu (Works: From Moronobu to Harunobu), vol. 6 of Genshoku ukiyo-e daihyakka jiten (Encyclopedia of ukiyo-e in full color) (Tokyo: Taishukan shoten, 1982), pl. 27.

Yoshida Teruji, Teihon Ukiyo-e jiten (Encyclopedia of ukiyo-e) (Tokyo: Gabundo, 1974), vol. 2, p. 35.

Horioka Chimyo, Sugimura Jihei ron (Essay about Sugimura Jihei), the article in vol. 40 of Ukiyo-e Geijutsu (Ukiyo-e Art) (Tokyo: The Japan Ukiyo-e Society, 1973), pl. 20.

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