Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820)
Japan, c. 1780s
Color woodblock print on paper. Mounted on paper and bound as an album. The first print depicts a parody of a child as Daikoku, one seal to his foot. The second illustrates a young boy with a dragon-fish hand-puppet in one hand and a blossoming lotus stem in the other. The third depicts a young boy with a demon’s mask, one seal to his foot. The fourth with a young boy cradling two rats in one hand. The fifth illustrating a boy dressed in a fisherman’s cap playing with a fox priest (hakuzosu) toy, one seal and signature.
Dimensions: Length 24.3 – 29.5 cm
Condition: Show wear and browning of paper. Few stains, losses, touch-ups, fading, and creasing, mounted on Japan paper.
Provenance: Estate of Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022), co-founder of Galerie Zacke, thence by descent.
Museum comparison:
A closely related woodblock print of a parody of a child as Daikoku, is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.13872. Another related woodblock print of a boy with a lion mask, is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.13864. A closely related woodblock print of a young boy with fan and scarecrow toy, is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.5853.
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