Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) | Kimono rack and alcove | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Kimono rack and alcove

Edo period, 19^th century

woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and embossing, depicting an alcove (tokonama) decorated for the New Year with a koto, kakemono, sprig of plum blossom and a kimono hanging at left on a rack (iko) with a pine shoot pattern, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (Pictured by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi), and with printer’s seal Suriko Shinzo, privately issued for the Drum Group Poetry Circle (Taikogawa-ren), circa early 1830s, poems by Toshiro Fusando and Keikaen Hidemaru; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Shikishiban surimono: 21.1 x 18.5 cm., 8¼ x 7¼ in.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Étagère à kimono et alcôve, époque Edo, XIXe siècle

Louis Cartier (1875-1942)

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

For another impression in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums, object number 1933.4.2064, go to:

https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/207219

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