Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
The Sokolov Collection
Lot Closed
May 28, 01:55 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Sokolov Collection
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)
Three woodblock prints
Edo period, 19th century
Each a woodblock print, and comprisng:
- Sukeroku, from the series A Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times (Kodai imayo kagami), signed Toyokuni ga within Toshidama cartouche, and Kunimaru ga, published by Ogawa Hansuke, 8th month 1860
- Chidorigake, from the series Harbingers of Spring; Portrait of Eight Famous People (Umegoyomi mitate hasshojin otokodate), signed konomi ni makasete Toyokuni ga, 1859
- The actor Nakamura Shikan IV in the role of Danshichi Kurobei, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayo oshi-e kagami), signed Toyokuni ga, published by Fujiokaya Keijiro (Shorindo) in 1859
The first: 38.5 x 25 cm.
The second: 37 x 25.2 cm.
The third: 39 x 26 cm.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2018-3021-194
For an example of another print from the series of the second print, see Chris Ulenbeck and Merel Molenaar, Mount Fuji Sacred Mountain of Japan, (Leiden, 2000), no. 144.
For an a further example of the third print in the collection of The British Museum, museum number 2003,0307,0.1, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2003-0307-0-1