Live Auction 19017Japanese and Korean Art
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Lot 88 JAPANESE PRINTS FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Shonenko (Youth setting out)

Closed22 September 2020

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Shonenko (Youth setting out)
Woodblock print, from the series Shika shashin kyo (A true mirror of Chinese and Japanese poetry), signed saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Moriya Jihei (Kinshindo), circa 1833-34, framed and glazed
Vertical nagaban: 19 5/8 x 9 in. (49.8 x 22.9 cm.)

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A Chinese youth rides a white horse along a lake-side road, using a willow branch for his riding crop. The young man's servant waits patiently ahead for him to catch up, whilst a fisherman dozes on the bank. This scene is based upon a classical Chinese poem the 'Youth's Song' by Cui Guofu (active early 700s), which tells of a wealthy young man who loses his riding crop on the way home from the brothel district of Zhangtai and is forced to substitute it for a branch of willow.