5212 - 5421 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
= From the series Imayo oshi-e kagami.
AND 2 others by the same: A bijin crouching next to a lantern (published Hayashuya Shôsorô, 1856) and The actor Kawarazki Gonjûro I as Kirare Yosa (one of series of 5 Gallant Men, 1857).
- Mounted under passepartout.
Idem. Nigiou ya imose ennichi: Akabane Suitengû (In the series Lively Festivals for Lovers: Suitengu Shrine in Akabane). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kôchôrô Kunisada-ga, publisher Sôshûya Yohei, w. kiwame seal, ±1830-1840.
- With a few closed wormholes; under passepartout; trifle wrinkled.
- Laid down on modern Japanese; sl. soiled; lower right corner dam.
= Rare print. The humorous texts on extravagant spending, associated with certain cities, i.a. Kyoto's clothing fanatics (ki-daore), Osaka's obsession with food (kuidaore) and Edo's obsession with drinking (nomi-daore).
- Partly doubled w. Japanese; sl. soiled/ wrinkled.
Idem. (Woman on a boat). Col. woodcut ôban, signed ôju Kunisada-ga, publisher Shitsune, one censor seal, 1871(?).
- With large closed tear in upper right corner and one sm. unclosed tear (1 cm.) in left margin; sl. wrinkled.
- Left panel w. tears in upper left quadrant; right panel backed w. Japanese; both trifle/ sl. frayed/ dam. along edges; sl. faded.
AND 1 other by TOYOKUNI I.
- All sl. browned; one panel sl. dam. (w. closed tear) in upper left corner and along right edge.
- Trimmed within image w. partial loss of text; trifle/ sl. soiled.
= Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III shown as a fishmonger.
AND 1 other by HASEGAWA SADANOBU (1809-1879).
- With horizontal centre crease; sl. rubbed; some professional restorations along bottom margin.
Hokkai (act. ±1832). (Samurai reading a text). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Shunshisai Hokkai, publisher Honsei.
- Slightly shrinkled and w. horizontal centre crease; sl. rubbed.
AND 3 others, incl. 2 by KUNISADA (both rubbed/ sl. soiled).
- With a few browned white (paint?) stains; one closed wormhole.
= Middle panel of a triptych depicting the play Iro no minato takara no irifune, performed in 1853.
Idem. (Actors on a boat in the snow). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunisada-ga, (publisher Moriya Jihei), ±1830.
- Mounted onto paper along top; (sl.) foxed. = Middle panel of a triptych.
- Trifle soiled.
Idem. (Girl dancing under a blossoming tree while a woman watches). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga in toshidama cartouche, publisher Kiya Sôjirô, w. aratame-zodiac seal, 1859.
- Two very sm. wormholes along right edge.
AND 3 others by KUNISADA (2x) and an anonymous print of a samurai crossing a river on horseback.
- With a few unobtrusive prinholes; trifle/ sl. yellowed/ soiled; sm. piece lacking of upper left corner, not affecting image.
= Part of a triptych.
- Trifle dam. along edges; w. a few stains.
= From the series Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road).
Idem. (Two actors). Col. woodcut ôban, signed shimoto no ôju Toyokuni-ga w. toshidama ring, publisher Eikyûdô, w. two censor seals, 1848.
- Partly waterst.; sl. rubbed/ soiled in corners.
AND a diptych by the same (wormholed).
- With horizontal crease in centre of print.
Kunichika (1835-1900). Zenaku sanjûroku bijin. Matsura Sayo-hime (Thirty-six good and evil beauties. Lady Sayo of Matsura). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyohara Kunichika w. red toshidama ring, publisher Fukuda Kumajiro, 1876.
- With some wormholes, mostly in right blank margin; left blank margin cut sl. short, w. partial loss of publishing information.
- All (sl.) stained/ sl. wormholed.
= Shows characters from the famous story of the 47 rônin, Kanadehon chûshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers).
- Left panel w. thin brown stripe/ stain in centre of print and very slight (barely visible) crease in upper right corner; right panel w. sl. faded stripe in bottom portion of print. Otherwise a very good copy.
= A scene from the famous kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura, the story of the 47 rônin.
- Bone endpiece not quite flush w. jade handle.
- All in mediocre to poor condition (foxed/ fingersoiled/ worn/ wormholed) but with some nice ills. Sold w.a.f.
- Used and w. (some) defects, some w. annots.
= Various schoolbooks on i.a. history and geography.
- Partly mounted on board (7x); one print w. upper right corner cut off; trifle/ sl. soiled.
= Showing numerous supernatural figures, as well as people in their daily lives. Artist(s) not identified, but in the style of HOKUSAI. Provenance: Felix Tikotin, with his collector's stamp.
AND 1 other woodcut.