Animals and Kacho-e (birds and flowers)
GYÔZAN
FICHE 17832
(Active late 19th century)
Armor Butterfly (Yoroichô) and Canary (Kanariya), with Red Hollyhocks (Kôshûki), Yellow Hollyhocks (Ôshûki), and Rose Balsam (Hôsenka)
Woodblock print
1878
Impression on Japan paper, signed Gyôzan, from the series Plants and Trees, Flowers and Birds (Sômoku kachô zue), published by Yorozuya Magobei.
Sheet: 363 x 239 mm
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: vertical fold in the center, publisher stamp partially cut off.
230 €
