GAKUTEI (1786-ca.1855). Yorifusa. (Sold)
Artist:
Yashima Gakutei (ca. 1786-1855)
Subject:
The warrior Okura Ubain Yorifusa and the Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo.
Series:
Honchoren - Honcho nijushiko (Twenty-four examples of filial piety for the Honchoren).
Signature:
Gakutei, artist's seal Sadaoka.
Date:
ca. 1821
Publisher:
Privately published by the HonchÅ poetry group
Size:
Surimono shikishiban, 20,7x18,5 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print
Literature:
Two other examples are illustrated in Matthi Forrer. Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Leiden 2013, no. 399, and in Joan B. Mirviss. The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono. New York 1995, no. 3.
Conditions:
Fine impression, very good colour and conditions.
Item no:
D 89
Status:
Sold