Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Katsukawa Shun’ei (1762-1819) | The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the role of Yaegushi no Oroku performing in the play Keisei Kogane no Hakarime | Edo period, late 18th century
Lot Closed
July 21, 01:06 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Katsukawa Shun’ei (1762-1819)
The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the role of Yaegushi no Oroku performing in the play Keisei Kogane no Hakarime
Edo period, late 18th century
woodblock print, signed Shun’ei ga (Pictured by Shun'ei), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), circa 1792; with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Hosoban: 32 x 14.6 cm., 12⅝ x 5¾ in.
Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 68.
Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 1, no. 324.
Jack Hillier, Suzuki Juzo and Adachi Toyohisa, Ukiyo-e: Beberu korekushon (Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), (Tokyo, 1976), no. 284.