14. SHINSAI  (1764-1820). Crabs and lotus. (Sold)

14. SHINSAI (1764-1820). Crabs and lotus. (Sold)

RYŪRYŪKYO SHINSAI  (1764-1820)

Two crabs and lotus blossoms

Woodblock color print with metallic pigments details
Kokonotsugiriban surimono, 14,5x19 cm
Signed: Shinsai
Poems by Shōchikutei Masuki, Chōseirō Hyakuin and Sankaen Harutomo
From the series The Spring of the Boar Year (I no haru)
Privately published
1815, year of the boar

Provenance: Galerie Janette Ostier, Paris

This impression is illustrated in Ostier. Les objets tranquilles, no. 59 where
the three poems are translated. Other examples are in the Metropolitan
Museum, JP2039, and Museum of Fine Arts Boston, no. 11.16803.

Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei, 
September 2024, no. 14.

Fine impression with strong embossing, some paper creases on the back

Status: Sold



Item: D 352