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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861)
From the extremely rare (at least in its original edition) pentaptych titled Fuzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi [Elegant Women as the 108 Heroes of the Suikoden] and Shiokumi gobantsuzuki [A Series of Five Salt Gatherers] commissioned by the Taikogawa shachu circle depicting a young girl on the beach at Akashi with a pipe in her hand, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, printer's seal Suriko shinzo, collector's seal Vever, very fine impression, fine colours with much use of silver-coloured powder, fine condition, laid down
Shikishiban surimono: 8¼ x 7 1/8in. (21 x 18.1cm.)
From the extremely rare (at least in its original edition) pentaptych titled Fuzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi [Elegant Women as the 108 Heroes of the Suikoden] and Shiokumi gobantsuzuki [A Series of Five Salt Gatherers] commissioned by the Taikogawa shachu circle depicting a young girl on the beach at Akashi with a pipe in her hand, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, printer's seal Suriko shinzo, collector's seal Vever, very fine impression, fine colours with much use of silver-coloured powder, fine condition, laid down
Shikishiban surimono: 8¼ x 7 1/8in. (21 x 18.1cm.)
Provenance
Henri Vever
Literature
Sotheby & Co., Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection, Part 1, 26 March 1974, no. 365.
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