SHINSAI (1764?–1820). Two peasant women
Artist:
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (1764?–1820).
Subject:
Two peasant women with Mount Fuji in the background. The woman on the right carries a rabbit-headed child on her shoulders who drops a small bucket into a puddle. The woman's kimono is decorated with the swastika symbol of the Manji group of poets.
Series:
Usagi no Tegarabanashi no ichi (The Rabbit's Boastful Exploits: Number one).
Signature:
Shinsai ga
Date:
1807. A Rabbit Year
Publisher:
Privately published for the Manji poet group.
Size:
Koban yoko-e, 13,9x18,8 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
Another surimono from the series is illustrated in Joan B. Mirviss and John T. Carpenter. The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono. New York 1995, no. 39.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colors slightly faded, good conditions.
Item no:
D 278