SHINSAI (1764-1820). Writing Box. (Sold)
Artist:
RYŪRYŪKYO SHINSAI (1764-1820)
Subject:
Still life with a writing box (suzuribako), decorated with pine twigs, and a flowering adonis plant, symbol of New Year.
Signature:
Shinsai. Poems signed Inaba Matsutoshi and Yomo Magao.
Date:
ca. 1810’s.
Publisher:
Privately published
Size:
Fan shape surimono, 12,1x24,2 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print with blind printing and metallic pigments.
Literature:
Illustrated in our catalog, Surimono. Poetic Images in Japanese Prints. New Acquisition June 2022, no. 21.
Conditions:
Very good impression and color, some slight thinning, good conditions.
Item no:
D 359
Status:
Sold