"Surimono Sheet from Hazukishu" - 1867 - Shunseikyo Baigai (act. 1860s) - Japan - Late Edo period
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Japan, 1867, an original Surimono woodblock print by Shunseikyo Baigai (active in the 1860s), titled “Surimono Sheet from Hazukishu,” 18.5 × 24.2 cm, Late Edo period, 19th century, in good condition and plate signed.
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Original Surimono woodblock print by Shunseikyo Baigai (act. 1860s) - "Sheet from Hazukishu" - Japan - 1867
Sheet from the Album "Hazukishu" (an Anthology for the First Month of the Year).
(Preface by Harunoya shujin Ikuhisa)
(Postscript by the artist Shunseikyo Baigai, dated 2/1867)
The album was published as a memorial for Hagetsutei Kasetsu, a poet who died in 1865.
The illustration may be a record of pictures that he personally owned.
The group of pictures of a variety of subjects in several pictorial styles, eaqch within in an irregular border.
A number of pictures combined on one sheet, in this case 4.
All pictures signed, and with a red seal, not translated.
On a Japanese washi paper, in good condition. Colors in very good condition. Mounted on old japanese album
backing.
Size is 18.5x 24.2cm.
Listed in Kokusho, National Book Database, under number 200016990.
see: https://kokusho.nijl.ac.jp/biblio/200016990/
Shunseikyo Baigai's "Hazukishu" is mentioned in Keyes "Surimono" (as Tangetsushu), with example of other sheet, as part of the Album "Tangetsushu" in the Chester Beatty Library.
See page 461.
Will be sent acid-free protected, under heavy card-boards, fully insured.
Original Surimono woodblock print by Shunseikyo Baigai (act. 1860s) - "Sheet from Hazukishu" - Japan - 1867
Sheet from the Album "Hazukishu" (an Anthology for the First Month of the Year).
(Preface by Harunoya shujin Ikuhisa)
(Postscript by the artist Shunseikyo Baigai, dated 2/1867)
The album was published as a memorial for Hagetsutei Kasetsu, a poet who died in 1865.
The illustration may be a record of pictures that he personally owned.
The group of pictures of a variety of subjects in several pictorial styles, eaqch within in an irregular border.
A number of pictures combined on one sheet, in this case 4.
All pictures signed, and with a red seal, not translated.
On a Japanese washi paper, in good condition. Colors in very good condition. Mounted on old japanese album
backing.
Size is 18.5x 24.2cm.
Listed in Kokusho, National Book Database, under number 200016990.
see: https://kokusho.nijl.ac.jp/biblio/200016990/
Shunseikyo Baigai's "Hazukishu" is mentioned in Keyes "Surimono" (as Tangetsushu), with example of other sheet, as part of the Album "Tangetsushu" in the Chester Beatty Library.
See page 461.
Will be sent acid-free protected, under heavy card-boards, fully insured.
Details
Artist
Shunseikyo Baigai (act. 1860s)
Title of artwork
"Surimono Sheet from Hazukishu" - 1867
Signature
Plate signed
Country of Origin
Japan
Year
1867
Condition
Good condition
Height
18.5 cm
Width
24.2 cm
Period
19th century
Dynastic Style/Period
Late Edo period
