Lot 87
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832) 19th century
11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £780 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistKatsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832)
19th century
Comprising fifteen prints depicting scenes from an untitled Tokaido series, of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Totsuka, Oiso, Hakone, Mishima, Numazu, Yui, Kakegawa, Fukuroi, Maisaka, Arai, Fujieda, Okazaki and Seki, issued originally in 1804 as a private commission of a poetry club with kyoka poems printed in the open areas, later reprinted various times and issued commercially with the original designs of double the width substituted by new designs by Yanagawa Shigenobu, each print (except Fujieda, signed Yanagawa-ga) signed Gakyojin Hokusai ga/Hokusai ga. Kokonotsugiriban, each sheet approx. 12.5cm x 17.5cm (4 7/8in x 6 7/8in). (15).
Comprising fifteen prints depicting scenes from an untitled Tokaido series, of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Totsuka, Oiso, Hakone, Mishima, Numazu, Yui, Kakegawa, Fukuroi, Maisaka, Arai, Fujieda, Okazaki and Seki, issued originally in 1804 as a private commission of a poetry club with kyoka poems printed in the open areas, later reprinted various times and issued commercially with the original designs of double the width substituted by new designs by Yanagawa Shigenobu, each print (except Fujieda, signed Yanagawa-ga) signed Gakyojin Hokusai ga/Hokusai ga. Kokonotsugiriban, each sheet approx. 12.5cm x 17.5cm (4 7/8in x 6 7/8in). (15).
Footnotes
九つ切判錦絵 葛飾北斎、柳川重信 東海道五十三次 19世紀
