Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)
Stencilled paper chopstick case with chopsticks lying beside, circa 1820s
Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and metallic pigments
Signed at lower right: 'Utamasa shoga' (Pictured and inscribed by Utamasa)
Privately issued, circa 1820s
Signed at lower right: 'Utamasa shoga' (Pictured and inscribed by Utamasa)
Privately issued, circa 1820s
16.5 x 22 cm. (6 ½ x 8 ⅝ in.)
Very good impression and colour, faint vertical centrefold, minor rubbing, paper slightly thin, wormhole at lower right, the reverse with traces of adhesive at edges, pencil annotations and collectors seals.
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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