PROPERTY FROM THE PULVERER COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) | The actor Segawa Michisaburo I watching a young woman flower arranging | Edo period, 19th century
Auction Closed
June 11, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
woodblock print, pink ground, from the series Actors in Private Life Matched with Beautiful Women (Natsu no Fuji bijin awase), signed Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni), published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1802; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso
Vertical oban: 37.6 x 25.2 cm, 14¾ by 9⅞ in.
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. 59.
The kabuki actor Segawa Michisaburo I (d. 1839), also known by the name Arashi Riko I, watches a young woman arranging white chrysanthemums. He wears an outer robe emblazoned with oak-leaf crests (kashiwa mon) and his blue inner robe is decorated with stylised chrysanthemums.
Another print depicting Michisaburo I from the same series is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 11.13507, go to: