HOKUSAI (1760-1849). Ryōgoku. (Sold)

HOKUSAI (1760-1849). Ryōgoku. (Sold)

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (1759-1849)
Subject: Two ladies and children at Ryōgoku in Edo, looking at the fireworks in a summer evening.
Title: Ryōgoku Yūsuzumi
Series: Tōto Meisho (Views of the Eastern Capital)
Signature: Artist seal Gakyōjin
Date: ca. 1800-5
Size: Oban yoko-e, 25,4x38,4 cm
Medium: Woodblock color print.
Literature: Other impressions are illustrated in various reference books, a similar example is shown in Tobu Museum of Art, Edo ga unda sekai no eshi: Dai Hokusai ten, Tokyo 1993, n. 51. Other examples are in the collection of the Clarence Buckingham Collection, Chicago n. 1925.3206. Tokyo National Museum, n. C0048520.
Conditions: Very good impression and colour, light centre fold otherwise very good conditions.
Item no: A 140
Price: Euro 2500
Status: Sold