£2,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
comprising six oban tate-e prints and one oban yoko-e print; including one depicting Sasaki Saburo Moritsuna strangling the fisherman Fujidayu, published by Kawaguchiya Uhei; one Kashiwade no Hanoshi wrestling a tiger in a cave, from the series Heroes Matched to Five Colours (Eiyu goshiki awase), published by Sanoya Kihei; one kabuki actor Iwai Hanshiro V in the role of Buddhist monk Seigen, in the play 'Sumidagawa hana no goshozome', published by Kawaguchiya Chozo; one Evening Glow at Awazu (Awazu yusho) from the series Military Brilliance of the Eight Views (Yobu hakkei), with scene Tomoe-gozen after the battle of Awazugahara, published by Enshuya Matabei; one of the triptych from the picture album Edo Fūzoku Azuma Nishiki-e, published by Tsujiya Yasubei etc.
Provenance: From the collection of Arthur Halcrow Verstage
Note: Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969) was an architect who spent much of his career in the public sector. He was a student at the Royal Academy School of Architecture in the 1900s and was elected as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1902. By 1903 he was a student and assistant at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the Central School of Art and Design) in London where William Lethaby was principal and a great influence on him. He then oversaw the design of the new school in Southampton Row from 1905-8. From here he became an architect for London County Council and was involved with many London societies, and as a founding member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, a forerunner to The William Morris Society. His large and varied collection was a reflection of his wide interest in the arts. His archive was purchased by The William Morris Society in 2005.