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Shozo Ittei (active 1820s) Anonymous | Three surimono | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

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December 16, 03:08 PM GMT

Estimate

500 - 700 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Shozo Ittei (active 1820s)

Anonymous

Three surimono

Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

 

each a woodblock print, surimono, and comprising:

- Porcelain tea bowl, scissors and grater, signed Ittei, privately issued by the Tsurunoya Osamaru Poetry Circle, circa 1824; together with a Meiji period printing of the same design

- Rice and pine, sealed, with poetic inscription

 

each a surimono, shikishiban:

20.3 x 18.2 cm., 8 x 7 in. (the first)

23.5 x 20.9 cm., 9¼ x 8¼ in. (the second)

20.8 x 18.9 cm., 8¼ x 7½ in. (the third)

For a similar impression of the Meiji period printing in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand, accession number 2016-0008-18, go to:

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1528945