Japanese Works of Art - 17 May 2022
UTAGAWA YOSHIKAZU (ACT. C.1850-70)
UTAGAWA YOSHIKAZU (ACT. C.1850-70)
EDO PERIOD, C.1850
Two Japanese woodblock prints diptychs, kakemono-e (vertical hanging prints), the first by Yoshikazu and depicting the Gods of Good Fortune Hotei and Fukurokuju, each sheets approx. 35cm x 24cm; the other, possibly by Yoshikazu, of Sugawara no Michizane at Tengman-gu Temple, each sheet approx. 36.8cm x 23.6cm. (4)