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NAKAMURA HOCHU (DIED 1819) For this artist, please refer to the following footnote. Printed and
Edo period (1615-1868), 1802 hand-colored in 1802, Korin gafu was an early attempt to reproduce
Six double-page spreads from Korin gafu, hand-coloured woodblock the style of the great Kyoto painter Ogata Korin (1658-1716) in book
prints, ink and colours on paper, mounted as a kakejiku (vertical form, with particular emphasis on key elements such as the absence
hanging scroll) in silk mounts, the jikusaki (roller-ends) black-lacquered of ink outlines. These six spreads, now mounted as a hanging scroll,
and inlaid in shell; the spreads depicting clockwise from top right: epitomize Hochu’s deft, humorous approach to his subject-matter.
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).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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