A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS AND PAINTINGS
Catalog Information: 72 lots | 71 with images
Lot 1: Sugimura Jihei (act. ca. 1681-97)
Sumizuri-e of a cavalcade of five female warriors in festival parade, several with fanciful banners, a foot-soldier with glaive beside the lead horse, unsigned but the name Sugimura appears on the banner of the rider second from left--fine impression [...more]
Lot 2: Nishimura Shigenaga (ca. 1697-1756)
Seta no sekisho (Sunset at Seta) People crossing a river on a bridge and fishermen hauling nets, with hand-applied color, metallic powder, signed Eshi Nishimura Shigenaga and sealed Shigenaga, published by Edoya--very good impression, good color, hor [...more]
Lot 3: Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764)
Hanakarakasa sanpukutsui hidari (Flower-design umbrellas, the left sheet of a triptych) Benizuri-e of a dandy ( wakashu ) walking with an umbrella bearing the mon of the actor Nakamura Kiyosaburo, signed Shomei Hogetsudo Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu hits [...more]
Lot 4: Kaigetsudo Dohan (act. ca. 1704-16)
Courtesan playing with a cat Sumizuri-e of a courtesan seated on a cake-box teasing a cat with a cloth, one side of the box with the emblem of a monkey ( saru ), and on another with the name and address of the cake-maker, Onkashi dokoro Asakusa Komag [...more]
Lot 5: Torii Kiyohiro (act. ca. 1737-1776)
Benizuri-e of the actor Segawa Sengyo holding a branch of bamboo with paper festoons near a river, signed Torii Kiyohiro hitsu and published by Urokogataya Magobei--very good impression, good color, some soiling, one worm hole upper right, lightly ba [...more]
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