Antique Japanese Woodblock Print - "Jewels On Brocade" Or "The Fujiwara: the pearls of ebb and flow and the coiled scythe of the Fujiwara clan (Kanju manju Fuji makikama)" By Katsushika Hokusai. Overall Good Condition With Minor Wear. Circa 1822. Approximately 7 1/4" Wide x 8 1/4" High.
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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI 葛飾北斎
The Fujiwara: the pearls of ebb and flow and the coiled scythe of the Fujiwara clan (Kanju manju Fuji makikama)
MAKER After Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
TITLE The Fujiwara: the pearls of ebb and flow and the coiled scythe of the Fujiwara clan (Kanju manju Fuji makikama)
The Four Great Names Shisei no uchi
PERIOD Meiji
YEAR ca. 1900
MEDIUM Polychrome wood block print
MATERIALS/TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES Polychrome wood block print
MATERIALS color, ink
SUPPORTS paper
GEOGRAPHY Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches)
SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION / MARKS
[text and poems] Kyoka (light verse) poems by Isuzukawando [or Isuzukawahito] and Senbatei Teodori
Signature: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu
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Sotheby’ss Parid: Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection - June 13, 2025 - Lot # 602:
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | The Fujiwara: Pearls of Ebb and Flow and the Coiled Scythe of the Fujiwara Clan (Kanju manju Fuji makikama) | Edo period, 19th century
Estimate 12,000 - 15,000 EUR
Lot Sold 15,240 EUR
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
The Fujiwara: Pearls of Ebb and Flow and the Coiled Scythe of the Fujiwara Clan (Kanju manju Fuji makikama)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing, from the series The Four Great Clans of Japan (Shisei no uchi), signed Fusenkyo Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu from the Non-paining Studio), privately issued, circa 1822, poems by Isuzugawanda and Teodori Senbatei; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso
Shikishiban surimono: 21.5 x 19 cm., 8½ x 7½ in. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Les perles de la marée basse et la scythe des Fujiwara, époque Edo, XIXe siècle
Provenance: Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)
Literature:
Gian Carlo Calza, Hokusai: Il vecchio pazzo per la pittura (Milan, 1999), p. 256, no. V.10.
Exhibited:
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Hokusai: Il vecchio pazzo per la pittura, 6 October 1999 – 9 January 2000.
Catalogue Note:
From a set of four prints depicting heirlooms of the four noble clans (Gempeitokitsu) of Japan: Fujiwara, Taira, Minamoto and Tachibana. Sacred pearls and the curved scythe of the Fujiwara family are placed on brocade cloth draped over a four-legged lacquer table. According to legend, the sacred pearls were thought to have been presented by the Dragon King to Takeuchi no Sukune to ensure the safe passage of the Japanese fleet to Korea.
Another impression of the same surimono is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object number RP-P-1958-302.
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