kitao-shigemasa-japanese-1739-1820-six-bird-and-flower-i-kacho-ga-i-woodblock-prints
Lot 1102
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820), Six Bird and Flower kacho-ga Woodblock Prints
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, a set of twelve woodblock prints, later prints from the book series "Lifelike Depictions of Flowers and Birds (Kacho shashin zui)" originally published by Kitao Shigemasa in 1805, each print is framed with separation to cover page ending and create a more seamless view, all framed identically under glass, each with a label to reverse from Shogun Gallery, Falls Church, Virginia, not examined outside of the frame.

Frame dimensions 12 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.

Collection of David C. Lindeman, Fearrington Village, North Carolina

Good estate condition; light vertical creasing to one print; three prints with areas of staining or discoloration, one with some foxing and overall toning to paper.