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NAGASAWA ROSETSU 長沢蘆雪 (1754–1799) Edo period (1615-1868), 1790s
3 – 11 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
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NAGASAWA ROSETSU 長沢蘆雪 (1754–1799)
Edo period (1615-1868), 1790s
Spiny Lobster and Octopus
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts: A large Ise-ebi (spiny lobster) and two small octopuses; signed Rosetsu and sealed Gyo; with a modern double wood storage box, the outer box lacquered
Overall: 210 × 50.5cm (82 5/8 × 19 7/8in); image: 123 × 48.5cm (48 1/2 × 19 1/8in) (3).
Spiny Lobster and Octopus
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts: A large Ise-ebi (spiny lobster) and two small octopuses; signed Rosetsu and sealed Gyo; with a modern double wood storage box, the outer box lacquered
Overall: 210 × 50.5cm (82 5/8 × 19 7/8in); image: 123 × 48.5cm (48 1/2 × 19 1/8in) (3).
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Provenance
Hiroshi Yanagi, London, 1983
Rosetsu, one of the most famous of the so-called 'eccentric' mid-Edo period artists, used this 'Broken Ice-Shaped' seal (with the top-right border missing) during the last few years of his life, see Matthew P. McKelway and Khanh Trinh, Rosetsu: Ferocious Brush, exhibition catalogue, Zurich, Rietberg Museum, 6 September–4 November 2018, Appendices, nos. 27, 28, and 30.














