Galerie Christian Collin

(Active about 1804 - 1844)

Young woman sitting against bundles of kuroki wood

Woodblock print

1805

Impression on Japan paper, signed Hokuga ga. On the reverse, stamp of the gallery Berès.

This is an egoyomi, a calendar print. In the upper part, certain characters of the poem conceal numbers that indicate the dai no tsuki, the long months. These indications allow dating of this print.

Sheet: 125 x 161 mm

Reference : M. Forrer, Egoyomi and Surimono, Amsterdam, 1979, p.37

Condition: light-staining, soilings.