HOKUGA Katsushika (Active about 1804 - 1844)
No. 19944
Description
(Active about 1804 - 1844)
Young woman sitting against bundles of kuroki wood
Woodblock print
Technical specifications
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.
450 €
