KIKUGAWA EIZAN (1787-1867)
Lot 88

KIKUGAWA EIZAN (1787-1867)

Fashionable Futamigaura (Furyu Futamigaura)

Closed18 June 2020

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GBP 3,000

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KIKUGAWA EIZAN (1787-1867)
Fashionable Futamigaura (Furyu Futamigaura)
Woodblock print
Each sheet signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu
Published by Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindo), 1809
Verical oban triptych:
Left sheet: 38.9 x 26.2 cm. (15 3/8 x 10 ¼ in.)
Centre sheet: 38.9 x 26.2 cm. (15 3/8 x 10 ¼ in.)
Right sheet: 38.6 x 25.5 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 in.)
(3)

Specialist note

A group of women have come to enjoy the sunrise from the beach at Futamigaura. Its special attraction are two sacred rocks in the sea called “Wedded Rocks” (Meoto Iwa) which are joined by a shimenawa rope which acts as the division between the spiritual and earthly realms. The view of the sun rising between the two rocks on a fine summer morning is especially prized.

The same triptych is in the collection of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), accession nos. KI8318-11-1, KI8318-11-2, KI8318-11-3, go to:
https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-195018