Lot 41: NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA, (1697?-1756), EARLY 1720'S

the first depicting the Chinese general Chu-ko Lang and other figures standing around a cockerel perched on a drum by the gate of a palace, publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu with seal Shigenaga, the second attributed to Nishimura Shigenaga, of two farmers on a windy road, the moon in the distance, a poem associated with the theme above, no publisher's mark, unsigned

The first illustrates an early example of kyoka poetry on prints

Condition Note: Very good impression and colour

KYOKA FROM THE SERIES GOJO NO CHI (KNOWLEDGE FROM THE FIVE CARDINAL VIRTUES) AND ISHIYAMA NO AKI NO TSUKI (AUTUMN MOON AT ISHIYAMA) FROM AN UNTITLED SERIES OF THE OMI HAKKEI (EIGHT VIEWS OF LAKE BIWA)

hosoban urushi-e, each sheet approx., 32.2 by 15.1cm., 12 5/8 by 5 15/16 in.

QUANTITY: 2

Original handwritten notes on mount, acheté à Murakami, 23-9-09