A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
EDO AND MEIJI, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

The first a woodblock print triptych by an unidentified artist, depicting the Chinese story of the famous general Han Xin crawling between the legs of a bully, framed and glazed; the others by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Hishikawa Morunobu (1618-1695), Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868), Ogata Gekkō (1859-1920) and others; together with a small painting of revellers by Kōsen/Kyōsen; 35cm x 70cm max. (10)

Provenance: from an English private collection, Devon.