4611 - 4784 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL and TRIBAL ARTS
= Modern impression from recarved blocks.
AND 20 others, all similar modern impressions or restrikes, of prints by HIROSHIGE, KUNIYOSHI, SHUNSHO, EISHO CHOKOSAI, SHARAKU (w. Watanabe seal) and SUZUKI HARUNOBU
= All three prints are restrikes.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
- With yellowed tape repair on verso (needs restoration).
- Surface sl. nibbled by silverfish near lower edge. = Attractive drawing.
- Sl. yellowed; trimmed to the borders.
- Very fine.
- Very fine. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
= A scene from the play Katsura-gawa Renri no Shigarami.
Gekko (1859-1920). (Ladies watching a Noh performance). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Gekko, w. artist's seal in red, publisher Sasaki Toyokichi.
- Sl. weak impression; sl. duststained.
= From the series Fujin Fuzoku-zukushi (List of Ladies' manners and customs).
= From the series Kokoku nijûshikô (Twenty four accomplishments in imperial Japan).
= Title is perhaps a reference to Hatsu-uma (the festival of the horse).