A book of woodblock prints by Shuntei Miyagawa (1873-1914) and Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)

拍品描述

Concertina book comprised of twenty four Japanese woodblock prints, including prints by Shuntei Miyagawa from the series Kodomo Fuzoku ('Children's Customs and Manners'), and prints by Toyohara Chikanobu from the series Setsugekka ('Snow, Moon and Flowers') and Azuma ('The East') Size:(the book 35.5 x 24cm) Qty: (1) Provenance:From the Collection of Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939), thence by descent; Private collection, UK Notes: Gustaf Wallenberg was Swedish businessman, diplomat and politician. He was the son of André Oscar Wallenberg, founder of Stockholm Enskilda Bank (today SEB, and grandfather of Raoul Wallenberg (1912-47?). After a career in the Swedish Navy he turned to the business world, and in 1908 successfully negotiated with the Qing court in Beijing about a friendship, trade and navigation treaty. The collection was acquired between 1906 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoyé in Tokyo. From 1907 he was also accredited for Beijing and came to spend time in both countries as the Swedish Ambassador. Mr Wallenberg came to be in China in dramatic part of its history, when a lot of items came on the market and when the golden era of collecting Chinese works of art started in Europe.

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