SHUNMAN (1757–1820). Looking at surimono. (Sold)
Artist:
KUBO SHUNMAN (1757–1820)
Subject:
Looking at surimono at New Year.
Description:
Three young women are sitting near a single-panel screen (tsuitate) painted with bamboo and the rising sun, symbol of New Year.
They are gazing in wonder at a large folded surimono also decorated with a rising sun and a plum tree. A pot with a flowering adonis plant (know in Japanese as fukujusō, or plant of good fortune and
longevity), another ubiquitous symbol of New Year, is on the floor.
Signature:
Artist’s seal Shunman. Poems signed Genkō Sugawara and Shunman.
Date:
ca.1800-1810.
Publisher:
Privately published by the poets
Size:
Kokonotsugiriban surimono, 13,8x21 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print with blind printing
Literature:
Illustrated in our catalog, Surimono. Poetic Images in Japanese Prints. New Acquisitions June 2022, no. 9.
Remarks:
Another impression is in the New York Public Library, no. 114456.
Conditions:
Fine impression, very good color and conditions.
Item no:
D 408
Status:
Sold