Unidentified follower
of Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
“Solitary Faggot
Bearer Crossing a Narrow Plank Bridge” (descriptive title only), 1852 (Kaei 5 [嘉永]), three-colour woodblock diptych printed
in black, grey and pink on fine laid paper with the two panels abutted to
create a single image backed with a support sheet.
Size: (support
sheet) 30 x 32.6 cm: (adjoined sheets) 18.2 x 22.3 cm; (image borderline of
each panel) 16 x 10.3 cm.
I understand
that the publication featuring this print is catalogued as no. 57067 in the Japanese
“General Catalogue of National Books” (aka “Japanese Classical Books Catalogue
of the Maximum Scale; “Kokusho Sōmokuroku (国書総目録)”, but I have not been successful in
finding this publication using the online catalogue as a resource: https://web.archive.org/web/20051028015505/http://base4.nijl.ac.jp/~koten/.
I would be VERY grateful for help as I have tried multiple times.
Condition: a
strong and well-printed impression showing minimal signs of wear to the
printing plates. There are restored wormholes in the upper margin and minor
flattened creases, otherwise the sheet is in an excellent condition with no
significant stains.
I am selling
this delicately balanced composition—note for example, the insightful placement
of the portrayed subjects and how the angle of the leaning tree on the left is
matched by the angle of the bundle of faggots carried by what I assume is a
woodcutter—for AU$187 in total (currently US$124.99/EUR113.09/GBP99.55 at the
time of listing this double-panel woodblock print) including postage and
handling to anywhere in the world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes
imposed by some countries).
If you are
interested in purchasing this very beautiful woodblock diptych, please contact
me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to
make the payment easy.
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