Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa, 1787-1864) Attributed to Numata Gessai (Utamasa, 1787-1864) | Four surimono | Edo period, 19th century

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa, 1787-1864)

Attributed to Numata Gessai (Utamasa, 1787-1864)

Four surimono

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, surimono, privately issued; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso, and comprising:

- Young boy on veranda with pestle and mortar, the silhouette of a woman through the shoji, signed Utamasa ga (Pictured by Utamasa)

- Stencilled paper card case, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, signed to lower right Utamasa shoga (Pictured and inscribed by Utamasa); with collector's seal of Charles Haviland to verso

- First pail of water drawn at the New Year, embellished with embossing, signed Utamasa ga (Pictured by Utamasa); with collector's seal of Hayashi Tadamasa

- Young woman on a veranda (engawa) washing her hair in a basin, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, unsigned; with collector's seal of Hayashi Tadamasa, further seal of Charles Haviland to verso

11.7 x 16.7 cm., 4⅝ x 6½ in. (the first)

16.6 x 22. cm., 6½ x 8⅝ in. (the second)

12.2 x 16.9 cm., 4¾ x 6⅝ in. (the third)

12.7 x 16.1 cm., 5 x 6¼ in. (the fourth)

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Attribué à Numata Gessai (Utamasa, 1787-1864), Quatre petits surimono, époque Edo, XIXe siècle

Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906) (the second, third and fourth)

Charles Haviland (1839-1921) (the second and fourth)

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

Narazaki Muneshige, ed., Hizo ukiyo-e taikan, Puruvera korekushon [Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections: The Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), monochrome pl., nos. 98, 100, 101 and 102.

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