Catalog record · 目録番号 54008

Japanese and Chinese Heroes for the Soramitsuya Circle

Artist / 作者: Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
Date / 年代: 1820
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital image / 画像: 1368 × 1513 px
Published by / 公開者: 朝倉レン

Catalog note / 解説

A rare surimono from a series Soramitsuyaren wakan buyu awase samban no uchi, “Japanese and Chinese Heroes for the Soramitsuya Circle.” ( A club named after its leader Soramitsuya Maeda. ) Shows Benkei in a tug-of-war with a Chinese beauty ( possibly Kosanjo according to Keyes ). Poems by Maeda, Magara and Komichi. Published 1820. Two other impressions illustrated in the Spencer Museum of Art, Surimono, Roger Keyes, Kodansha, 1984, no. 26, p. 74 ( catalogue no 110 ) and the Peter Morse collection catalogue, Ota Memorial Museum of Art, 1988, no. 184. Fine impression, colour and condition. Extensive gold and silver. Signed Hokusai Taito aratame Katsushika Iitsu hitsu. Status: Sold

Image record / 画像情報

KRUML · 1820 · kruml

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