4846 - 4921 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL and TRIBAL ARTS
77 4906 Tôho 1875 1930 
77 4907 Tokuriki 1902 1999 
77 4907 Tokuriki 1902 1999 
- Lacks 2 woodcuts (September and October). Portfolio sl. rubbed.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
77 4908 Tokyo Kanamaru Hikogoro late 18th early 19th cent 
- A few false folds; corners strengthened; brownish traces of former use of tape in margins (used for repairs and/ for fastening on mount).
= Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
77 4909 Tribal arts Grave statue wrapped in cloth Fang Gabon 
- Wood sl. splitting.
77/4910 Tribal arts Helmet mask representing Ngady Mwaash Kuba Congo 
77/4910 Tribal arts Helmet mask representing Ngady Mwaash Kuba Congo 
= One of the three royal Kuba masks, the ngady mwaash mask honors the role of women in Kuba life.
77 4911 Tribal arts Man's head Benin 
- Dam. at left shoulder.
77 4912 Tribal arts Mbulu ngulu or grave figure Kota Gabon 
= "Mbulu ngulu" was a figure placed on a tomb for the protection of the deceased.
77/4913 Tribal arts Standing female fertility figure Chokwe Angola 
77 4914 Tribal arts Standing male figure or Nkondi Bakongo Congo 
= Nail fetish figure to identify evil or wrongdoers.
77 4915 Tribal arts Standing male figure w bulging belly Tabwa Eastern Congo 
- Sl. dam. at foot of sculpture.
77 4916 Tribal arts Two figures kneeling on all fours with a horn protruding from their behind Benin Nigeria 
77/4917 Tribal arts Zoomorphic bowl on 4 legs unidentified 
77 4918 Utamaro 1754 1806 
77 4918 Utamaro 1754 1806 
77 4918 Utamaro 1754 1806 
- Very fine copy.
= Remarkable print with an exactly matching view of the same bijin on recto (frontal view) and verso (view from the back).
In orig. board portfolio together with 5 other modern col. woodcut ôban by various artists, i.a. KIYOMITSU, UTAMARO and KYONAGA (all fine).
- Very fine copy.
In orig. board portfolio together with 5 other modern col. woodcut prints (various sizes) by various (partly anonymous) artists, i.a. HARUNOBU and UTAMARO (all fine).
77 4920 Utamaro II ? 1831 ? 
77 4920 Utamaro II ? 1831 ? 
- Wormholed in left margin; sl. dam. in corners and cut short; margins partly strengthened; mounted on board along margins; horizontal fold. Sold w.a.f.
AND 7 others, all monochrome woodcut bookillustrations, i.a. a woodcut of a crab under a reed plant (16x21,8 cm. Laid down). - ADDED: a small miscellaneous collection of Japanese col. woodcut items, i.a. 13 col. woodcuts on crêped paper (partly dam.), a sm. illustrated ehon (2 parts in 1 vol. Title unread) and three home-made four-sided lamp-shades: 2x with use of a Japanese col. woodcut and 1x w. use of watercolour by "C.K." (most likely Catharina Kool).
77 4921 Yoshifuji 1828 1887 
- Tipped onto mount, otherwise fine.
= Without date or artist seal, so probably a later impression. From the series showing Westerners. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.