![Utagawa Kunimaru - From the surimono series Suru ichi [First of a Set of Companions] commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, an Oharame wood cutter and a child resting beside an ox, the poem reads](/images/utagawa-kunimaru_from-the-surimono-series-suru-ichi-first-of-a-set-of-companions-commissioned-by-the-taikogawa-poetry-club-an-oharame-wood-cutter-and-a-child-resting-beside-an-ox-the-poem-reads_AID640059.jpg?f=grey)
Utagawa Kunimaru
From the surimono series Suru ichi [First of a Set of Companions] commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, an Oharame wood cutter and a child resting beside an ox, the poem reads
Found at
Christies,
London
Japanese Art & Design Including Arts of The Samurai, Lot 283
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2011
Japanese Art & Design Including Arts of The Samurai, Lot 283
9. Nov - 9. Nov 2011
Estimate: 800 - 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 875 GBP
Price realised: 875 GBP
Description
Utagawa Kunimaru (1794 - 1829)
From the surimono series Suru ichi [First of a Set of Companions] commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, an Oharame wood cutter and a child resting beside an ox, the poem reads
Senkin no This beautiful spring day
haru no atai ya is more precious than a thousand pieces of gold
hiku ushi no I wish that my child when he grows up
From the surimono series Suru ichi [First of a Set of Companions] commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, an Oharame wood cutter and a child resting beside an ox, the poem reads
Senkin no This beautiful spring day
haru no atai ya is more precious than a thousand pieces of gold
hiku ushi no I wish that my child when he grows up
Auction result well in line with expectations
In November 2011 Christies in London held the auction Japanese Art & Design Including Arts of The Samurai, which included the work From the surimono series Suru ichi First of a Set of Companions commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, an Oharame wood cutter and a child resting beside an ox, the poem reads by Utagawa Kunimaru. The price achieved of GBP 875.00 (€ 1,021.47) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 800.00 – 1,000.00. Admittedly, works by Utagawa Kunimaru have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Unknown in May this year with an auction result of GBP 6,144.00 (€ 7,148.58).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im November 2011 führte Christies in London die Auktion Japanese Art & Design Including Arts of The Samurai durch, in der auch die Arbeit From the surimono series Suru ichi First of a Set of Companions commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, an Oharame wood cutter and a child resting beside an ox, the poem reads von Utagawa Kunimaru zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 875,00 (€ 1.021,47) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 800,00 – 1.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Utagawa Kunimaru auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Unknown im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 6.144,00 (€ 7.148,58).
Utagawa Kunimaru - Auction history
![Utagawa Kunimaru - From the surimono series Suru ichi [First of a Set of Companions] commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, an Oharame wood cutter and a child resting beside an ox, the poem reads](/images/utagawa-kunimaru_from-the-surimono-series-suru-ichi-first-of-a-set-of-companions-commissioned-by-the-taikogawa-poetry-club-an-oharame-wood-cutter-and-a-child-resting-beside-an-ox-the-poem-reads_AID640059_320x320.jpg)
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