Ishikawa Toyonobu

Lot 45: ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.EARLY 1760'S

Name: ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85), C.EARLY 1760'S
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: b2a7kexa71

Est: £1,500 GBP - £2,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 08, 2004

Item Overview

Description

depicting a boy pulling a woman towards the moored boats by the riverside, a waka poem inscribed beside the figures:

Asakiseni / saosahinoboru kawabuneno / kokoro mo yukanu / yowo wataruran
'Like a boat crossing a shallow river, against my will, I too will cross over to another world.'

publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Ishikawa Shuha hitsu

Condition Note: Fine impression, slightly faded and soiled but otherwise in good state

Dimensions

hosoban benizuri-e: 31.3 by 14.7cm., 12 1/4 by 5 3/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Notes

Original handwritten notes on mount, acheté à Mme Langweil, 20-2-09

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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