Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820) | Two surimono | Edo period, 19th century

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Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820)

Two surimono

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, signed Shinsai, privately issued; each with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso, and comprising:

- Blue (Ao): Woman with puppet, from the series The Five Colours (Goshiki no uchi), privately issued, circa 1820

- Elderly man with hoe and karako performing on a stage, sealed Ryusai

Each shikishiban surimono: each approx. 20.5 x 18.1 cm., 8⅛ x 7⅛ in.

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Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820), Deux surimono, 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), monochrome pl., no. 78. (the second)

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