Katsushika Hokusai
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Lot 106. AN APPARITION IN A SNOW STORM
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Two laborers running away from a woman who carries on her head a large wooden tub with a red cloth wrapped about it. Koban. Signed: Shinsai. Purchaser: G. E. Fuller Price: $5.00 |
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Lot 107. GOLD-FISH CULTURE
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Two large fish tanks in a garden; a woman bending over one of them and holding a net, turns to speak to another woman seated on a wide bench, while a boy brings a pan of water. Long surimono.…
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Lot 108. (A) HODOGAYA; (B) TOTSUKA; (C) FUJISAWA
Pictured is an example of Hodogaya from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) [From] TOKAIDO GO-JU-SAN TSUGI. Twelve prints of the Tokaido set in vertical format, size 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches. Originally issued in a packet. Only the last sheet of the series was signed. Purchaser: Mr. Sherwood…
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Lot 109. (A) HIRATSUKA; (B) ISHIYAKUSHI; (C) SHONO
Pictured is an example of Hiratsuka from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) [From] TOKAIDO GO-JU-SAN TSUGI. Twelve prints of the Tokaido set in vertical format, size 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches. Originally issued in a packet. Only the last sheet of the series was signed. Purchaser: Mr. Sherwood…
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Lot 110. (A) KAMEYAMA;(B) SEKI; (C) KUSATSU
Pictured is an example of Kameyama from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) [From] TOKAIDO GO-JU-SAN TSUGI. Twelve prints of the Tokaido set in vertical format, size 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches. Originally issued in a packet. Only the last sheet of the series was signed. Purchaser: Mr. Sherwood…
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Lot 111. (A) OTSU; (B) KYOTO; (C) IMPERIAL PALACE, KYOTO
Pictured is an example of Otsu from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) [From] TOKAIDO GO-JU-SAN TSUGI. Twelve prints of the Tokaido set in vertical format, size 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches. Originally issued in a packet. Only the last sheet of the series was signed. Purchaser: Mr. Sherwood…
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Lot 112. ODE BY TENCHI TENNO
Image is an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Scene, a rice field in autumn; farmers harvesting crop. My lowly hut is thatched with straw / From fields where rice-sheaves frequent stand, / Now autumn’s harvest’s well-nigh o’er, / Collected by my toiling hand: / Through tattered roof…
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Lot 113. ODE BY JITO TENNO
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) People fording a stream, two of them bowing low to each other: women carrying freshly washed cloth to drying racks in the distance. The pleasant spring hath passed away / Now summer follows close, I ween, / And Ama’s…
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Lot 114. ODE BY KAKI-NO-MOTO NO HITOMARU
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Men dragging nets up a mountain stream like a “pheasant’s tail,” in the early morning. The hill-side fowl his long-drooped tail / Sweeps o’er the ground — so drags the night. / My lonely plight / I mourn —…
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Lot 115. ODE BY YAMABE NO AKAHITO
Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Travellers toiling up a hill on the shore of Tago bay; Fuji in the distance. From where my home, — / My lonely home, — on Tago’s shore / Doth stand, the wandering eye may roam / O’er Fujiyama’s…
