Katsushika Taito II Japanese Woodblocks from "Banshoku zukō", circa 1830
Item Details
Katsushika Taito II (葛飾戴斗; Japanese, Edo Period; active circa 1810 – 1853), school of Hokusai (北斎, Japanese; 1760 – 1849)
Untitled (mythology, nature, and figural vignettes), circa 1830
Woodblocks in three colors on washi paper
Unsigned
From Banshoku zukō, 万職圖考 (“Designs for All Artisans”), 初編 (volume 1), sheet numbers 10 and 18
Title of book and page numbers printed to center line margins (the “pillar” in fukurotoji book format)
Pen drawings of traditional Japanese motifs to upper margin of page 18, by unknown hand
Pages from book published in hanshi-bon (half-page) format with fukurotoji (bound pocket) style binding
Condition
- foxing and toning to pages; crease marks and wear at center fold lines; other wrinkles to pages; pages trimmed along upper edges, with washi-paper borders affixed to lower edge to restore full paper size; holes to paper along outer edges from book binding; some smeared ink and surface marks to prints; edge wear to print paper.
Dimensions
- measures full mat of one page; visible image 9" W x 6.5" H.
Item #
ITMG269445
