27. HOKUSAI (1760-1849). Votive plaques. (Sold)

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI  (1760-1849)

Two votive plaques (ema) are placed near a parcel wrapped with a
square cloth (furoshiki), a short sword in a cloth satchel and a branch
of flowering plum. The largest ema is decorated with coins forming
a pagoda and the inscription Hōnō daigan jōju, states that a wish
was full filled. The other ema is painted with a richly caparisoned
horse.

Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 20,8x18,4 cm
Signed: Fusenkyo Iitsu hitsu
Poems by Manryūtei Kanai Totomi, Baikado Abura no Nerikata
and Shiratei Manzō
Title: Ema
From the same series as last A selection of Horses (Uma zukushi)
Privately published by the Yomo-gawa group of poets
1822, year of the horse

The impression from the Chiba Museum is illustrated in Asano.
Cultivated Gift, no. 225. The example in the Rijksmuseum,
no. RP-P-1958-287, is illustrated in Forrer. Surimono in the
Rijksmuseum, no. 248. Another impression is in the New York Public
Library

Illustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei, 
September 2024, no. 27.

Fine impression and colour, very good condition


Status: Sold



Item: D 437