Surimono

Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

Two women visiting a shrine, a large temple bell sits beside a pillar, circa 1810s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with embossing and metallic pigments
Signed: 'Katsushika Hokusai ga'
Date: circa 1810s

13.4 x 18.6 cm. (5 ¼ x 7 ⅜ in.)

£ 1,800.00

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Hishikawa Sori (active circa 1789-1818)

Three boys gathering young greens beside a stream, the meandering waters embossed, 1802

Woodblock print, surimono, delicate embossing to the water
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Date inscription at upper left (壬戌) corresponding to 1802 (Kyowa 2 [享和二年])

Horizontal chuban:
19 x 25.7 cm. (7 ½ x 10 ⅛ in.)

£ 1,400.00

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

The elderly couple Jo and Uba of Takasago, circa 1800-1806

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with embossing
Signed: 'Gakyojin Hokusai ga'
Privately issued, circa 1800-1806

Horizontal kokonotsugiriban:
13.8 x 18.8 cm. (5 ⅜ x 7 ⅜ in.)

£ 1,800.00

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

A young woman watering a flower arrangement displayed in an alcove (tokonoma), 1798

Woodblock print, surimono, calendar print (egoyomi/ daisho)
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Privately issued in 1798 (Kansei 10)

Hanging in the tokonoma is a hanging scroll depicting an ink painting of a horse - alluding to the year of the horse, 1798

Horizontal kokonotsugiriban:
13.8 x 18.5 cm. (5 ⅜ x 7 ¼ in.)

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

Woman in Heian period court dress holding a fan beside pine and plum trees, 1798

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Privately issued in 1798 (Kansei 10)

Horizontal kokonotsugiriban:
13.5 x 18.7 cm. (5 ¼ x 7 ⅜ in.)

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

Young traveller with a horse, 1798

Woodblock print, surimono
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Privately issued in 1798

Horizontal kokonotsugiriban:
14 x 18.7 cm. (5 ½ x 7 ⅜ in.)

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Attributed to Hishikawa Sori (active circa 1789-1818)

Calendar print, three women in an interior looking at decorated papers, 1799

Woodblock print, surimono, with embossing
Unsigned
Calendar print ['egoyomi'/ 'daisho'], corresponding to year of the goat, 1799 (Kansei 11 [寛政十一年 (己未)]
Red collector's seal of Wakai Kenzaburo at left edge

9.7 x 14.1 cm. (3 ⅞ x 5 ½ in.)

£ 1,200.00

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

A New Year's Outing, 1797

Woodblock print, surimono
Signed: 'Sori ga' (Pictured by Sori)
Date inscription (丁巳) at upper left corresponding to 1797 (Kansei 9 [寛政九年])

Horizontal kokonotsugiriban:
12.8 x 17.3 cm. (5 x 6 ¾ in.)

£ 1,400.00

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Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850)

Willow Island (Yanagishima), from A Series of Willows (Yanagi ban tsuzuki), circa 1828

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and blind printing
Signed: 'Go Hokkei'
Privately published, circa 1828
Poems by Ryukokutei Sennen and Sennentei

Shikishiban:
20.3 x 17.8 cm. (8 x 7 in.)

£ 2,500.00

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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

12.8 x 16 cm. (5 x 6 ¼ in.)

£ 220.00

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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

11.7 x 16.7 cm. (4 ⅝ x 6 ⅝ in.)

£ 450.00

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)

First pail of water drawn at the New Year, circa 1820s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing
Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
Privately issued, circa 1820s

12.1 x 16.8 cm. (4 ¾ x 6 ⅝ in.)

£ 350.00

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Shunkosai Hokushu (active circa 1810-32)

The actors Nakamura Matsue III in the role of Otaka, Ichikawa Ebijuro I as Mokuemon, and Ichikawa Danzo V as Yashichi, 1824, 3rd month

Woodblock print, surimono on deluxe paper, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing

Vertical oban, diptych (each sheet):
39.2 x 26.3 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ in.)

£ 2,400.00

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Ryuryukyo Shinsai (active circa 1799–1823)

Woman reading a letter, circa 1810s

Woodblock print, attributed to Ryuryukyo Shinsai, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing
Privately published, circa 1810s

Shikishiban:
20.6 x 18.4 cm. (8 ⅛ x 7 ¼ in.)

£ 2,500.00

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Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Moths and Butterflies, from the series An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies for the Kasumi Group (Kasumi-ren guncho gafu), circa 1804-18

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with embossing and metallic pigments
Signed Sho Shunman sei
Privately issued

Shikishiban:
18.9 x 16.7 cm. (7 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)

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Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Moths and Butterflies, from the series An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies for the Kasumi Group (Kasumi-ren guncho gafu), circa 1804-18

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with embossing and metallic pigments
Signed: Sho Shunman sei
Privately issued

Shikishiban:
19.3 x 17.1 cm. (7 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

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Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850)

The Irises of Yatsuhashi at Mikawa (Mikawa Yatsuhashi, kakitsubata), from the series Famous Products of the Various Provinces, for the Gogawa Group (Gogawa, Shokoku meibutsu), about 1810

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing

Shikishiban:
20.5 x 18.3 cm.
8 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.

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Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850)

Chinese Warrior (Ryuho) slays the White Serpent (Ryuho hakuja o kiru), 1832

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing

Shikishiban:
20.4 x 17.8 cm.
8 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.

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