Ishikawa Toyonobu

Lot 51: ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.1760'S

Name: ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.1760'S
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: nhq75h3k8t

Est: £1,500 GBP - £2,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 08, 2004

Item Overview

Description

standing on the sand with waves breaking at her feet as she wrings the water from her wet skirt, a haiku poem inscribed above:

Chirachira to / mieshi ya kai no / nami no hana
'The shells blinking as they catch sight of the flower of the wave'

publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Meijodo Ishikawa Shuha ga with seal Toyonobu

Condition Note: Good impression, rather toned and soiled, laid-down

Dimensions

hashira-e benizuri-e: 66.8 by 9.7cm., 26 5/16 by 3 3/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Literature

Another impression inscribed with a different poem and different publisher is illustrated in AIC, vol.2, no.53

Auction Details

Japanese Print Collection

Sotheby's

June 08, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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