16. SHINSAI (1764-1820). A woman as Mōsō. (Sold)
RYŪRYŪKYO SHINSAI (1764-1820)
A woman standing in the snow.
With one hand she holds a basket of sprouts while with the other she raises
a large hat. Over her elegant dress she has a straw raincoat usually used by farmers.
The subject alludes to the scene of Mōsō in the snow from a story of the Twenty-four
Paragons of Filial Piety.
Woodblock color print with metallic pigments details
Chūban yoko-e surimono, 19,7x27,5 cm
Signed: Shinsai
Poems by Ōe Chisato, Yamaji no Shiori, Ōnada
Fukanafu, Hida Shimane, Katei Motosuki and Tsurunoya
Privately published
Spring in the year of the boar, 1815
Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 16.
Fine impression and color, some thinning on top corners , very good condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 346
A woman standing in the snow.
With one hand she holds a basket of sprouts while with the other she raises
a large hat. Over her elegant dress she has a straw raincoat usually used by farmers.
The subject alludes to the scene of Mōsō in the snow from a story of the Twenty-four
Paragons of Filial Piety.
Woodblock color print with metallic pigments details
Chūban yoko-e surimono, 19,7x27,5 cm
Signed: Shinsai
Poems by Ōe Chisato, Yamaji no Shiori, Ōnada
Fukanafu, Hida Shimane, Katei Motosuki and Tsurunoya
Privately published
Spring in the year of the boar, 1815
Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 16.
Fine impression and color, some thinning on top corners , very good condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 346