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Right: No. 16, Sparrows and Poppies
Left: No. 17, Heron and Iris
Right: No. 16, Sparrows and Poppies
Left: No. 17, Heron and Iris
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Right: No. 34, Jackdaw and Spotted Jumpseed
Left: No. 35, Japanese White-eye and Persimmon
Right: No. 34, Jackdaw and Spotted Jumpseed
Left: No. 35, Japanese White-eye and Persimmon
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Right: No. 36, Manchurian Great Tit, Ichigyo-ji Maple Leaves, and Late-Blooming Cherry
Left: No. 37, Wagtail and Narcissus
Right: No. 36, Manchurian Great Tit, Ichigyo-ji Maple Leaves, and Late-Blooming Cherry
Left: No. 37, Wagtail and Narcissus
Nakayama Sugakudo (active 1850–1860)
The complete set of the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Sho utsushi yonju-hachi taka), 1859
Woodblock prints, bound as an album
Contents: fifty sheets, comprising one-page table of contents; forty-eight single-sheet illustrations of birds and flowers; followed by colophon
Binding: 'fukurotoji'
Each sheet variously signed 'Sugakudo', 'Sugaku' or 'Sugakudo shujin'
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido)
Each sheet with date and censor seal: 1859, 6th month (Goat 6), 'aratame' (approved)
Contents: fifty sheets, comprising one-page table of contents; forty-eight single-sheet illustrations of birds and flowers; followed by colophon
Binding: 'fukurotoji'
Each sheet variously signed 'Sugakudo', 'Sugaku' or 'Sugakudo shujin'
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido)
Each sheet with date and censor seal: 1859, 6th month (Goat 6), 'aratame' (approved)
The album:
36.3 x 25 x 1.8 cm. (14 1/4 in x 9 7/8 x ¾ in.)
36.3 x 25 x 1.8 cm. (14 1/4 in x 9 7/8 x ¾ in.)
Each print is a fine impression with excellent colour and embellished with extensive blind-printing. A few light marks in places and tiny wormhole to edge of a few prints. The covers with some old wear consistent with age including creases, rubbing, light soiling.
£ 5,000.00
Further images
A pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Sugakudo was noted for his bird and flower pictures, in particular this series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Sho utsushi yonju-hachi taka). The prints...
A pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Sugakudo was noted for his bird and flower pictures, in particular this series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Sho utsushi yonju-hachi taka). The prints of this series are especially prized for their high technical quality, skilful application of colour and fine embossing. These albums have often been broken up and the prints dissipated individually; it is rare to find a complete album in good condition.
For all forty-eight prints and title page individually in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/search/objects/*/nakayama sugakudo/images?page=1
For all forty-eight prints and title page individually in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/search/objects/*/nakayama sugakudo/images?page=1