17. SHINSAI (1764-1820). A woman blackening her teeth. (Sold)
RYŪRYŪKYO SHINSAI (1764-1820)
A woman with toothbrush blackening her teeth.
The custom of dyeing one’s teeth black (ohaguro) was popular
in Japan until the Meiji period mainly among married women
and some men, almost always members of the aristocracy and
samurai class.
Woodblock color print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,8x19 cm
Signed: Shinsai
Poems by Kitsujōkaku Hanabana and Shakuyakutei
Title: Say No Evil (Iwazaru)
From the series Three Monkeys (San’en)
Privately published
c. 1820
Another impression is illustrated and the poems translated in
Lienert, et al. Warten auf Neujahrslicht: Japanische Grußblätter
(Surimono), no. 85.
Other examples are in The Harvard Art Museums, no. 1933.4.1308
and Museum of Fine Arts Boston no. 00.1957.
Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 17.
Fine impression and color very good condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 468
A woman with toothbrush blackening her teeth.
The custom of dyeing one’s teeth black (ohaguro) was popular
in Japan until the Meiji period mainly among married women
and some men, almost always members of the aristocracy and
samurai class.
Woodblock color print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,8x19 cm
Signed: Shinsai
Poems by Kitsujōkaku Hanabana and Shakuyakutei
Title: Say No Evil (Iwazaru)
From the series Three Monkeys (San’en)
Privately published
c. 1820
Another impression is illustrated and the poems translated in
Lienert, et al. Warten auf Neujahrslicht: Japanische Grußblätter
(Surimono), no. 85.
Other examples are in The Harvard Art Museums, no. 1933.4.1308
and Museum of Fine Arts Boston no. 00.1957.
Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 17.
Fine impression and color very good condition
Status: Sold
Item: D 468