46. SHINSAI (1764-1820). Painted screen
RYŪRYŪKYO SHINSAI. (1764-1820)
Two panels of a painted screen. On the right a view of Arashiyama,
a famous place near Kyoto celebrated for its beauty in spring and
autumn. On the left a woman from Ōhara with a bundle of
firewood on her head with a child and an ox at her side.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 21,3x18,9 cm
Artist’s seal: Shinsai
Poems by Bairintei Matsukage and Hisakataya
From an untitled series of six surimono forming a unique sequence.
Each print represents two panels of a folding screen painted on
one side with a human figure and on the other with a landscape or
floral subject. The pink border of the screen is decorated with koto
bridges, the symbol of the poetry club
Privately published by the Hisakataya-ren circle of poets
Printer’s seal Ryūsai
c. 1825
The complete series is illustrated in Forrer. Surimono in the
Rijksmuseum, no. 365-365f. Other examples are in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, no. JP1249 and in The Art Institute of Chicago,
no. 1970.528.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 46.
Very good impression, colour and condition
Price: Euro 2500
Status: Available
Item: D 315
Two panels of a painted screen. On the right a view of Arashiyama,
a famous place near Kyoto celebrated for its beauty in spring and
autumn. On the left a woman from Ōhara with a bundle of
firewood on her head with a child and an ox at her side.
Woodblock colour print with metallic pigments details
Shikishiban surimono, 21,3x18,9 cm
Artist’s seal: Shinsai
Poems by Bairintei Matsukage and Hisakataya
From an untitled series of six surimono forming a unique sequence.
Each print represents two panels of a folding screen painted on
one side with a human figure and on the other with a landscape or
floral subject. The pink border of the screen is decorated with koto
bridges, the symbol of the poetry club
Privately published by the Hisakataya-ren circle of poets
Printer’s seal Ryūsai
c. 1825
The complete series is illustrated in Forrer. Surimono in the
Rijksmuseum, no. 365-365f. Other examples are in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, no. JP1249 and in The Art Institute of Chicago,
no. 1970.528.
lllustrated in our catalogue Surimono. Hokusai-Shinsai-Hokkei-Gakutei,
September 2024, no. 46.
Very good impression, colour and condition
Price: Euro 2500
Status: Available
Item: D 315