Isoda Koryusai (Japan 1735-1790) Suzuki Harunobu (Japan 1725-1770), Late 18th Century
Seven hashira-e
No reserve
Auction Closed
February 8, 09:14 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
each a woodblock print, hashira-e, framed and glazed, and comprising:
- Parody of Act VII from the Storehouse of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), depicting Ono Kudayu spying on Okaru and Oboshi Yuranosuke from under the veranda, signed Koryusai ga, circa 1770
- A further impression of the same print above
- Parody of Act VII from the Storehouse of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura), signed Koryusai ga, circa 1770s
- The wrestler Shakagatake Kumoemon lifting a small girl with one finger, the wrestler's statistics inscribed at left, signed Koryusai zu, circa 1770
- A man helping a courtesan down the steps of a ladder, signed Koryusai zu, circa 1770s
- Courtesans dressed as Yoshitsune and Joruri, signed Koryusai ga, circa 1770s
- Osen of the Kagiya teahouse, holding a fan and adjusting a hairpin, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga, circa 1768-69
framed 36 ¾ x 14 in.
unframed approximately 27 in. x 4 ¾ in.
93.3 cm x 35.6 cm
68.8 cm x 12.1 cm
Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949);
Sotheby's, London, Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books & Paintings from the Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 8 June 2004, lots 89, 105, 107, 108 and 107;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
The Belgian engineer and financier Adolphe Stoclet was a noted a꧙rt collector, best known today for commissioning the Viennese Secession architect Josef Hoffmann to construct his Brussels residence the Palais Stoclet in 1905, with interior decoration by the artist Gustav Klimt.
For another impression of the first and second print in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 190꧙2,0212,♔0.174, please see:
For another impression of the third print in꧃ the collection of the Museum o꧂f Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.8177, please see:
For another impression of th🥂e fourth 𝄹print in the collection of the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, accession number 1980.2582, please see:
For another impression of the seventh print in the collectio🎃n of the Museum o෴f Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.4548, please see: