Japanese Woodblock Prints

Japanese Woodblock Prints

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KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (ACTIVE 1780-1795) PICNIC IN AUTUMN AT THE HAGIDERA (BUSH-CLOVER TEMPLE), EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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December 17, 02:02 PM GMT

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4,800 - 5,000 GBP

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KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO (ACTIVE 1780-1795)

PICNIC IN AUTUMN AT THE HAGIDERA (BUSH-CLOVER TEMPLE)

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)


Woodblock-printed triptych, each sheet signed Shuncho ga, published by Chichibuya Shozaemon, circa 1787-92

Vertical oban triptych:

Each sheet approx. 36.3 x 25.3 cm., 14 3/8 x 10 in.

Shuncho is considered to have produced much of his best work in the oban triptych format, as in this example from circa 1787-1792 in which nine young women are shown picnicking in autumn within the grounds of the Hagidera (Bush-clover Temple) in Edo. The temple grounds were famous for many varieties of bush clover (Lespedeza japonica); the best known of the aki no nanakusa (seven grasses of autumn), which have throughout many centuries of poetic discourse been closely associated with the ephemerality of life.