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Subject:Unidentified art
Posted By: Dave Ross Sun, Jan 11, 2015 IP: 137.186.213.103

I have this piece and am interested in any information about it.





Subject:Re: Unidentified art
Posted By: martin Mon, Jan 12, 2015

Hokusai Katsushika 1760-1849 -
Fisherman - Fugaku Sanju-rokkei

Greetings Martin.

Subject:Re: Unidentified art
Posted By: Stan Mon, Jan 12, 2015

Yes. Hokusai - Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Kôshû Kajikazawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjûrokkei).

There isn't enough detail to tell if yours is an original. This series has been copied more than 1000 times. Here is an original at the Boston MFA:

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/kajikazawa-in-kai-province-k%C3%B4sh%C3%BB-kajikazawa-from-the-series-thirty-six-views-of-mount-fuji-fugaku-sanj%C3%BBrokkei-234436

Cheers,
Stan

Subject:Re: Unidentified art
Posted By: Dave Ross Tue, Jan 13, 2015

Many Thanks for the info !

How can I find out more about it ?
What detail is needed to determine origin ?


Subject:Re: Unidentified art
Posted By: Guy Wed, Jan 14, 2015

As Stan already mentioned, the truly iconic series 'Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji' was already reissued many times, even during Hokusai's lifetime (he died in 1849).

The first impressions of this print, dating from ca 1831, were printed with a blue line-block (or key-block) and entirely in shades of blue (aizurie). Later impressions featured an increased number of colors used (green, yellow, violet and pink). In even later impressions, printed with a black line-block (as it is the case with your print), the color sheme is often in shades of blue, with only the clothing and basket printed in (brownish) red.
It could be that your print is a very late impression, printed from the worn-out original blocks - but - eventually still preceding Hokusai's death.

Try to match every single little detail in your print with a known late and tired impression also printed from a black line-block (see copy MFA Boston in the link below). If everything is identical in the design - without any discrepancies, your copy is presumely also a late (and soiled) Edo era impression.

Link:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/kajikazawa-in-kai-province-k%C3%B4sh%C3%BB-kajikazawa-from-the-series-thirty-six-views-of-mount-fuji-fugaku-sanj%C3%BBrokkei-209453

Succes,
Guy.

Subject:Re: Unidentified art
Posted By: Stan Wed, Jan 14, 2015

You show a detail of the signature. It is very smudged. The 5 examples at the Boston MFA have crisp signatures. This immediately raises suspicions. However, it is not impossible that the smudging occurred during printing. It looks to me like some of the characters might be slightly different. It would be nice if you provided blowups of other areas of the print.

Given the limited information provided. I suspect it is a later repro. Of course, the odds are vastly in my favor.

Cheers,
Stan

Subject:Re: Unidentified art
Posted By: Aya Mon, Jan 12, 2015

Done by "Yamashita Musaki".


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