SHINSAI (1764 ?-1820). Asarigai
Artist:
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (1764 ?-1820)
Subject:
Two ladies walking in a country path.
Series:
Kasen awase (A series of shells). The print refers to the shell "Asarigai".
Signature:
Shinsai
Date:
1809
Publisher:
Privately printed for the poets' circle Yomogawa.
Size:
Koban, surimono, 13,8x18,8 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
Another impression is illustrated in Asano et al. 1991: Heiteres treiben in der verganglichen welt. Koln: Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst der Stadt Koln. pag. 68 n.2-36
Remarks:
The series is composed of thirty-six surimono each associated to a shell. The set was commissioned by the group of poets Yomogawa chaired by Yomo no Utagaki Magao (1753-1829).
Conditions:
Very good impression, colour and conditions. Collector’s seal on back of the print of Louise Norton Brown (1865-1923), American collector and author of “Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan”.
Item no:
D 202