Live Auction 20214Important Japanese Art
KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820)
Lot 24 PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE

KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820)

The poet Sugawara Michizane

Closed21 September 2021

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KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820)
The poet Sugawara Michizane
Woodblock print, mizu-e, early 1760s
Vertical hosoban: 12 ¼ x 5 3/8 in. (31.1 x 13.7 cm.)

Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Massachusetts

Specialist note

This type of prints with no black outlines is called mizu-e, often seen with outlines in faint colors such as red, yellow or green as the present lot. Early masters such as Torii Kiyomitsu (1735-1785), Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) and Kitao Shigemasa (1793-1820) are known for working on this type of prints. Another impression of the same print is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicaco (1949.32).