Lot 194*
ITO SEIU (1882-1961) Eight Views of Mukojima
Showa era (1926-1989), 1930s
Showa era (1926-1989), 1930s
2 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Eight Views of Mukojima
Showa era (1926-1989), 1930s
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and slight colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting eight views of the Mukojima district in Tokyo, east of the Sumida River, each as a separate composition, from right to left and top to bottom; Chomeiji no bansho (Evening Bell at Chomeiji Temple); Makurabashi no shugetsu (Autumn Moon at Makurabashi Bridge); Misono no yau (Night Rain at Misono Shrine); Bokutei no kihan (Returning Sails Seen from the Banks of the Sumida River); Hyakka-en no rakugan (Descending Geese at the Garden of 100 Flowers); Akiba no seiran (Glorious Sunset at Akiba Shrine); Shirahige no sekisho (Evening Glow at Shirahige Shrine); Umewakazuka no bosetsu (Lingering Snow on Umewaka Mound); signed at lower right Mukojima hakkei Seiu utsusu (Eight Views of Mukojima, drawn by Seiu) and sealed Seiu; with a wood storage box. Overall: 196cm x 79cm (77 1/8in x 31 1/8in); image: 126.5cm x 61cm (49 7/8in x 24in). (2).
Showa era (1926-1989), 1930s
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and slight colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting eight views of the Mukojima district in Tokyo, east of the Sumida River, each as a separate composition, from right to left and top to bottom; Chomeiji no bansho (Evening Bell at Chomeiji Temple); Makurabashi no shugetsu (Autumn Moon at Makurabashi Bridge); Misono no yau (Night Rain at Misono Shrine); Bokutei no kihan (Returning Sails Seen from the Banks of the Sumida River); Hyakka-en no rakugan (Descending Geese at the Garden of 100 Flowers); Akiba no seiran (Glorious Sunset at Akiba Shrine); Shirahige no sekisho (Evening Glow at Shirahige Shrine); Umewakazuka no bosetsu (Lingering Snow on Umewaka Mound); signed at lower right Mukojima hakkei Seiu utsusu (Eight Views of Mukojima, drawn by Seiu) and sealed Seiu; with a wood storage box. Overall: 196cm x 79cm (77 1/8in x 31 1/8in); image: 126.5cm x 61cm (49 7/8in x 24in). (2).
Footnotes
For information on this important mid-century illustrator and artist, please refer to the footnote to lot 195. Several of the locations are described in detail in Paul Waley, Tokyo Now and Then, New York and Tokyo, Weatherhill, 1984, pp. 253-265.