No. 1, Newly hatched silkworms

Price Realised GBP 1,500

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GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

Closed: 18 Jun 2020

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KIKUKAWA EIZAN (1787-1867)

No. 1, Newly hatched silkworms

Price Realised GBP 1,500

Closed: 18 Jun 2020

Price Realised GBP 1,500

Closed: 18 Jun 2020

KIKUKAWA EIZAN (1787-1867)
No. 1, Newly hatched silkworms
From the series Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)
Woodblock print
Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
Censor’s seal kiwame
Published by Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudo), 10th month 1807 (Bunka 4)
Vertical oban: 37.2 x 25 cm. (14⁵⁄₈ x 9⁷⁄₈ in.)

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Lot Essay

This print depicts a woman with a feather brush gently removing newly hatched silkworms from a sheet of paper used for their incubation. After hatching mid-March, the silkworms are then placed in trays filled with chopped mulberry leaves on which to feed.

For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. RES.54.187.38, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/536329/no-1-from-the-series-silkworm-cultivation-kaiko-yashinai
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