Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (1764?-1820)
Shikishiban surimono, two women and a child in a …

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Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (1764?-1820) Shikishiban surimono, two women and a child in a cherry blossom garden. Signed Shinsai. Waffling. (cut, foxing, glued) Dim. 21,7 x 18 cm

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Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (1764?-1820) Shikishiban surimono, two women and a child in a cherry blossom garden. Signed Shinsai. Waffling. (cut, foxing, glued) Dim. 21,7 x 18 cm

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RYURYUKYO SHINSAI: A SURIMONO OF A CRAFTSMAN’S ROOM RYURYUKYO SHINSAI: A SURIMONO OF A CRAFTSMAN’S ROOM By Ryuryukyo Shinsai (c. 1764-1820) Japan, late 18th-early 19th century Color woodblock print on paper. The surimono illustrated with a long table before a screen decorated with cherry blossoms and a crescent moon, two bolts of fabric strewn to the ground. Inscribed with a poem. SIZE of the sheet 13.6 x 17.2 cm Condition: Presenting well. With wear, soiling, creasing, folds, stains, fading, and slightly trimmed margins. Gently mounted on a paper passepartout. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts. Surimono, literally "printed matter", are high-quality, limited-edition, privately commissioned, woodblock-printed "greeting cards," mainly produced between the 1790s and the 1830s, and usually ordered for New Year's greetings. Surimono usually paired poetic texts with images, and both were typically intended to carry the cachet of "insider knowledge" for a cultured and well-educated audience.

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RYURYUKYO SHINSAI: A SURIMONO OF A FERRY BOAT RIDE RYURYUKYO SHINSAI: A SURIMONO OF A FERRY BOAT RIDE By Ryuryukyo Shinsai (c. 1764-1820) Japan, late 18th-early 19th century Color woodblock print on paper. The surimono illustrated with two figures on a ferry, one slowly paddling the boat. SIZE of the sheet 13.5 x 18.5 cm Condition: Presenting well. With wear, soiling, minor creasing, stains, fading. Gently mounted on a paper passepartout. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts. Surimono, literally "printed matter", are high-quality, limited-edition, privately commissioned, woodblock-printed "greeting cards," mainly produced between the 1790s and the 1830s, and usually ordered for New Year's greetings. Surimono usually paired poetic texts with images, and both were typically intended to carry the cachet of "insider knowledge" for a cultured and well-educated audience.

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RYURYUKYO SHINSAI: A SURIMONO OF JUROJIN AND MINOGAME RYURYUKYO SHINSAI: A SURIMONO OF JUROJIN AND MINOGAME By Ryuryukyo Shinsai (c. 1764-1820) Japan, late 18th-early 19th century Color woodblock print on paper. Signed with seals. The surimono illustrated with Jurojin seated cross-legged as he examines a large sake saucer with a crack, his familiar minogame slowly crawls towards him. SIZE of the sheet 11.2 x 15.4 cm Condition: Presenting well, with wear, soiling, stains, creases, and fading. Firmly mounted on a paper passepartout which is inscribed in pencil, ‘Sori Hokusai’. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world’s leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts. Surimono, literally "printed matter", are high-quality, limited-edition, privately commissioned, woodblock-printed "greeting cards," mainly produced between the 1790s and the 1830s, and usually ordered for New Year's greetings. Surimono usually paired poetic texts with images, and both were typically intended to carry the cachet of "insider knowledge" for a cultured and well-educated audience.

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