Ruby Devol Finch

Lot 38: NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA, (1697?-1756), EARLY 1750'S

Name: NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA, (1697?-1756), EARLY 1750'S
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 5m0gp5c2lw

Est: £1,500 GBP - £1,800 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 08, 2004

Item Overview

Description

represented by Hotei, the portly God of Happiness, beneath a willow tree, carrying a beautiful young girl across the river, publisher's mark of Yamashiroya, a haiku poem above:

Hotei yori / koi no omobanaya / yanagi shiki
'Love is not a heavy flower like Hotei but rather like a willow'

signed Senkado Nishimura Shigenaga Hyakuju hitsu

Condition Note: Fine impression and colour, rather soiled with a centre-fold crease

Dimensions

hosoban benizuri-e: 32.6 by 15.9cm., 12 13/16 by 6 1/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Ruby Devol Finch

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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