Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | The Three-stringed Colt (Sangenkoma) | Edo period, 19th century
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July 18, 01:26 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
The Three-stringed Colt (Sangenkoma)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing, from the series A Collection of Horses (Umazukushi), signed Fusenkyo Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu from his Nonpainting Studio), privately issued in 1822, poems by Jakishotei Midori and Shuchodo Monoyana
Surimono, shikishiban: 21.3 x 18.9 cm., 8⅜ x 7½ in.
For another impression of the same surimono see John T Carpenter ed., Reading Surimono: The Interplay of Text and Images in Japanese Prints (Leiden, 2008), p. 286, pl. 170. For a further impression see, Matthi Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Leiden, 2013), p. 139, no. 256.
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