Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)
Young woman on a veranda (engawa) washing her hair in a basin, circa 1820s
Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and metallic pigments
Signed: 'Utamasa ga' (lower right, signature rubbed)
Privately issued, circa 1820s
Signed: 'Utamasa ga' (lower right, signature rubbed)
Privately issued, circa 1820s
12.8 x 16 cm. (5 x 6 ¼ in.)
Good impression, generally good colour, soiled and rubbed, some toning, small wormhole at top edge, the reverse with pencil inscriptions and collector seals.
£ 220.00
Numata Gessai (Utamasa) was a pupil of Hokusai who lived in Nagoya. He is known to have engraved and printed a few surimono himself. For a different surimono by Utamasa...
Numata Gessai (Utamasa) was a pupil of Hokusai who lived in Nagoya. He is known to have engraved and printed a few surimono himself.
For a different surimono by Utamasa in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.20626, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/213063/man-looking-at-flower-arrangement?ctx=336bd268-67c1-40a3-8fac-3481ac3b6bf9&idx=2
Provenance
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906)
Charles Haviland (1839-1921)