Page 108 - Christies Japanese and Korean Art Sept 22 2020 NYC
P. 108
90 91
KATSUSHIKA TAITO II (ACTIVE CIRCA 1810-1853) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Carp swimming upwards Cockerel in morning snow
Woodblock print, signed Katsushika Taito, published by Echigoya Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige ga and sealed Ichiryusai, published
Chohachi, circa 1840s, framed and glazed mid-1830s
14 x 6Ω in. (35.6 x 16.5 cm.) Chutanzaku: 14¡ x 4æ in. (36.5 x 12.1 cm.)
$3,000-5,000 $3,000-5,000
The kyoka poem has been read and translated as: Kinuginu no/
PROVENANCE:
Wakai Kenzaburo (1834-1908)
hanashi mo imada/ tsumoranu ni/ tokekau to naku/ naku yuki no tori,
"The hour of parting/ with all its deep feelings/ in drifts about
them/ they hear the melting tones/ of the cockerel in the snow".
See Cynthea J. Bogel and Israel Goldman, Hiroshige Birds and
Flowers, (New York, 1988), cat. no. 57.