Japanese Art - 23rd May 2018
Lot 828
TWELVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS EDO/MEIJI PERIODS Comprising illustrations from the One Hundred...
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TWELVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
EDO/MEIJI PERIODS
Comprising illustrations from the One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi) and portraits of heroes and actors by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), together with a portrait of Kiyohime from the One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and Japan (Wakan Hyaku Monogatari) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1832-1892) and the portrait of Kisegawa of the Matsubaya pleasure house, from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals (Seirô bijin Rokkasen) by Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829), 37.5cm x 25cm max. (12)