Lot n° 250
Estimation :
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Hokusai Katsuchika (1760-1849)
Tatamisashi/... - Lot 250 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés
Hokusai Katsuchika (1760-1849)
Tatamisashi/ The tatami maker
From the series Shokunin sanjûroku ban, Thirty-six craftsmen.
Crouching in front of the tatami (quilted straw mat) he has assembled, a craftsman finishes by sewing the edges. Opposite him, a young boy is playing with his spinning top on the brand-new tatami.
Date: circa 1803.
Signed Sôri ga.
Kokonotsugiri size: 12.1 x 17.2 cm
Bibliography:
R. Keyes, Surimono: Privately published Japanese prints in the Spencer Museum of Art, New York 1984, pp.186-187, no. 219, 220 and 221 (three prints from the same series).
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