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Property from an Important Private Institution
(LOTS 83–108)
94 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI
(1760-1849)
Shonenko (Youth setting out)
Woodblock print, from the series Shika shashin
kyo (A true mirror of Chinese and Japanese
poetry), signed Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu,
published by Moriya Jihei
Vertical nagaban: 20¿ x 9¿ in. (51.1 x 23.2 cm.)
$10,000-15,000
A Chinese youth rides a white horse along a lake-side
road, using a willow branch for his riding crop. The
young man's servant waits patiently ahead for him to
catch up, whilst a fisherman dozes on the bank. This
scene is based upon a classical Chinese poem the
'Youth's Song' by Cui Guofu (active early 700s), which
tells of a wealthy young man who loses his riding crop
on the way home from the brothel district of Zhangtai
and is forced to substitute it for a branch of willow.
93 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Ayu (Sweetfish)
Woodblock print, from an untitled series
known as Large Fish, signed Hiroshige hitsu,
published by Nishimuraya Yohachi
Horizontal oban: 9√ x 14¬ in.(25.1 x 37.1 cm.)
$5,000-7,000
