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Lot 179

Sale 6479 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 27, 2026 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
Estimate
$1,200 - 1,500

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Three Japanese Surimono, Edo-Meiji Period
日本江户时代 葛飾北斎(1760-1849)摺物三种
Edo-Meiji Period

Comprising a tri-fold example signed in the block Sori Ga (Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849), depicting four figures in an open enclosure with a ball, to the left of two folds of text, woodblock printed in color, with gauffrage, upper edge gilt; The second with two masked figures representing Hyottoko and Okame, woodblock printed in colors; and third depicting a Bugaku Ayakiri dancer, Takashima Chiharu (Japanese, 1780-1858), with three seals (Ayakiri, Chiharu(?), Ryusai), woodblock printed in colors, with metallic inks and gauffrage. All unframed.
Note:
For a closely related example of the Bugaku dancer, see Harvard Art Museum 1933.4.1933; for other related surimono by Chiharu, see those in the British Museum, 1907,0531,0.526 to 539.
Sheets 7 1/2 x 20 1/2 in., 19 x 52 cm.; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., 19 x 24.1 cm.; 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in., 22.5 x 19 in.

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