Boxwood with rests of a formerly almost complete, black lacquer. Ikkaku standing in vivid position on one foot, carrying his elegantly dressed wife Sendaramo on his back. He owes his loss of immortality to his weakness for the fair sex, which may be the reason for his grim expression. H.11.2cm. Condition A/B. One shoe and the tip of the second shoe replaced.
Provenance: -Collection V. F. Weber, Paris, 1923. -Collection W. W. Winkworth. -Collection Guest, no. 1330. -Collection M. T. Hindson, no. 1170, ill. p. 391. -Collection C. Monzino. -Old collection no. 651.
Literature: -Koji-Hoten, depicted in the 1st volume on p. 304, fig. 323, formerly collection of the author Victor Frédéric Weber of this important, two-volume reference book about Japanese art, published in Paris in 1923.