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Lot 228*
Nakamura Hochu (died 1819) Edo period (1615-1868), 1802
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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Edo period (1615-1868), 1802
Six double-page spreads from Korin gafu, hand-coloured woodblock prints, ink and colours on paper, mounted as a kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll) in silk mounts, the jikusaki (roller-ends) black-lacquered and inlaid in shell; the spreads depicting clockwise from top right: cranes; pigeons and sparrows; dandelions and gentian; mice; mallow flowers; and puppies; the spread with dandelions and gentian with colophon Kyowa mizunoe-inu no toshi Toto ryokan no rohen nite Hochu kore o utsusu (Drawn by Hochu at the fireside of his inn in Edo, in 1802) with a kao; with a wood storage box. Overall: 108.5cm x 167cm (42¾in x 65¾in); each spread: 25.7cm x 37cm (10 1/8in x 14½in). (2).
Six double-page spreads from Korin gafu, hand-coloured woodblock prints, ink and colours on paper, mounted as a kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll) in silk mounts, the jikusaki (roller-ends) black-lacquered and inlaid in shell; the spreads depicting clockwise from top right: cranes; pigeons and sparrows; dandelions and gentian; mice; mallow flowers; and puppies; the spread with dandelions and gentian with colophon Kyowa mizunoe-inu no toshi Toto ryokan no rohen nite Hochu kore o utsusu (Drawn by Hochu at the fireside of his inn in Edo, in 1802) with a kao; with a wood storage box. Overall: 108.5cm x 167cm (42¾in x 65¾in); each spread: 25.7cm x 37cm (10 1/8in x 14½in). (2).
Footnotes
For this artist, please refer to the following footnote. Printed and hand-colored in 1802, Korin gafu was an early attempt to reproduce the style of the great Kyoto painter Ogata Korin (1658-1716) in book form, with particular emphasis on key elements such as the absence of ink outlines. These six spreads, now mounted as a hanging scroll, epitomize Hochu's deft, humorous approach to his subject-matter.
























