Auction 159 Asian Art

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A set of eleven woodblock-printed leaves from the Ehon Isaoshigusa

Kita Busei (1776-1856)


Estimate

300 - 500


Session

8 May 2026


Description

Japan, Edo Period, c. 1839

By Kita Busei (1776-1856), of the Kanō school

Colour woodblock prints on paper, in hanshibon format, from the work Zōho Ehon Isaoshigusa (増補絵本勲功草)

Depicting heroic and legendary episodes from Japanese tradition, including samurai battle scenes, the apparition of Benzaiten, the encounter of Ushiwaka-maru with the tengu, and scenes of courtly and daily life

Composed as double-page spreads and one single leaf with a landscape

Publishers Suharaya Mohē and Suharaya Sasuke

(defects)



日本,江户时代,约1839年,狩野派画家喜多武清(1776-1856)所作《增补绘本勋功草》彩色木刻版画十一幅,半纸本形式,描绘日本传统英雄传奇,包括武士对战、辨才天显灵、牛若丸与天狗相遇及宫廷生活等场景,须原屋茂兵卫与须原屋佐助刊行。

20x27,5 cm



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