The old lion has thrown its cub down the cliff and is now watching to see if it is capable of climbing up again. Ichiryusai Hisoshige I lived from 1797-1858. He came from the school of Toyohiro and was strongly influenced by Hokusai.
Provenance
[...] - at least at the end of 1929 Ostasiatica collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; after 1945 no longer in the possession of Herbert Ginsberg; circumstances of loss unknown - a loss as a result of Nazi persecution cannot be ruled out. Whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921, Abschnitt Japanische Holzschnitte, Nr. 289.
