A COLLECTION OF FIVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

A COLLECTION OF FIVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
MEIJI ERA (1868-1912)

36.5cm x 25.5cm max. (5)

WITHOUT RESERVE

From an English private collection, Gloucestershire.

Including:
-1: an oban tate-e woodblock print by Ogata Gekkō (1859-1920) entitled ‘Playing the Koto’, print 35 from the series Fujin Fuzoku Zukushi (The Manners and Customs of Ladies), 1891;
-2: an oban tate-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), depicting a bijin walking near a harbour; together with a certificate from Ichiban Arts;
-3: an oban tate-e woodblock print by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), entitled Shamisen (Three string guitar), 1896, signed Yoshu Chikanobu; published by Fukuda Hatsujiro; together with a certificate from Ichiban Arts;
-4: another oban tate-e woodblock print by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), from the series Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women), 1895, also signed Yoshu Chikanobu;
-5: and an oban tate-e woodblock print by Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908), entitled Eika, An'ei goro ki-fujin (Composing Poetry: Noblewoman of the An'ei Era, 1772-81), from the series Sanjūroku kasen (Thirty-six Elegant Selections), 1893; signed Toshikata; published by Akiyama Buemon; together with a certificate from Ichiban Arts.