Kawabata Gyokusho Woodblock Print - Prawn 1800s
January 2015 Auction by Far East Asian Art

Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913)
Prawn and Plant.
Date: 1880 to 1886 according to The British Museum, elsewhere noted as ca. 1870.
Size: 11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches.
Octagonal fan print. Center crease is original to all such woodblock prints.
Condition: Paper loss at left margin.
Please see our other octagonal prints by Seki Suigaku, Shibata Zeshin and Taki Katei.