LOT DETAILS

Materials:

woodblock print

Size Notes:

dai oban yoko-e

Markings:

unsigned but the name Sugimura appears on the banner of the rider second from left

Condition:

fine impression; restoration

Literature:

Published: Shibui Kiyoshi, Sugimura Jihei, in Ukiyo-e zuten (Illustrated catalogue of ukiyo-e) (Tokyo: Shueisha, 1964). Woldemar von Seidlitz, W. de Seidlitz, Les Estampes Japonaises (Paris: Editions Hachette, 1911), pl. 4. Genshoku Ukiyo-e daihyakka jiten henshu iinkai, ed., text by Asano Shugo and Yamaguchi Keizaburo, Sakuhin 1 Moronobu--Harunobu (Works: From Moronobu to Harunobu), vol. 6 of Genshoku ukiyo-e daihyakka jiten (Encyclopedia of ukiyo-e in full color) (Tokyo: Taishukan shoten, 1982), pl. 27. Yoshida Teruji, Teihon Ukiyo-e jiten (Encyclopedia of ukiyo-e) (Tokyo: Gabundo, 1974), vol. 2, p. 35. Horioka Chimyo, "Sugimura Jihei ron" (Essay on Sugimura Jihei), Ukiyo-e geijutsu/Ukiyo-e Art 40, 1973, pl. 20.

Provenance:

Henri Vever (1854-1942), sold Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part 1, 26 March, 1974, no. 5. This is the only recorded impression.