Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)
Young boy on a veranda with pestle and mortar, sitting opposite a woman whose silhouette can be seen through the shoji, circa 1820s
Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and burnishing to the frame of the shoji
Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
Privately issued, circa 1820s
Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
Privately issued, circa 1820s
11.7 x 16.7 cm. (4 ⅝ x 6 ⅝ in.)
Very good impression, colour and overall condition. Minor rubbing, slight surface wear at top right edge, the reverse with traces of adhesive at edges and pencil annotations.
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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
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