Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

Kubo Shunman (1757-1820) | Butterflies and Moths | Edo period, 19th century

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Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)

Butterflies and Moths

Edo period, 19^th century

woodblock print, surimono, embellished with embossing, from the series An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies for the Kasumi Group (Kasumi-ren guncho gafu), signed in the title cartouche Sho Shunman sei (made by Sho Shunman), privately issued, circa 1810-18; with collector’s seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Shikishiban surimono: 19.7 x 17.9 cm., 7¾ x 7 in.

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Kubo Shunman (1757-1820), Papillons et mites, époque Edo, XIXe siècle

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

Narazaki Muneshige, ed., Hizo ukiyo-e taikan, Puruvera korekushon [Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections: The Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), no. 64.

Another impression of the same surimono is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number JP2358.

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