- Laid down on stiff paper.
Idem. (Scene from the No play "Kayoi-Komachi"). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kogyo, w. seal. - AND 6 others by the same, incl. 3 other woodcuts from the series Nogaku Zue (laid down on stiff paper).
= From the series Noga taikan (Large Mirror of No Pictures).
AND 5 others from the same series.
- Sl. duststained. = Restrike.
= Both from the series Ichikawa Danjûrô hyakuban (One hundred roles of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX).
= Including two battle scenes from the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).
= The artist is also known as Kunisada III, as he was trained under Kunisada I and II. The play that is being performed on stage is Kokusen'ya gassen (The Battles of Coxinga). Very interesting contemporary view of of one of Japan's oldest kabuki theatres (1660-1923).
- Both w. some silk threads broken, otherwise fine.
= Part of triptych, titled Azuma Genji setsugekka no uchi (Snow, Moon, and Flowers of Eastern Genji). Not examined ouside frame.
- Closed hole in lower right corner.
Toyokuni (1769-1825). (Group portrait of five actors). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni ga, publisher Kawachiya Genshichi (before 1811).
- Soiled; closed wormholes along edges and lower section (just within the image).
= With the publisher seal of Kawachiya Genshichi, used before 1811 (Marks 227).
AND 1 other by TOYOKUNI: (Standing actor) (published by the same, also before 1811).
- A few closed holes in the right section; worn/ dam. spots near upper right corner en upper edge.
Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Returning Sails in the Ryukyu Islands (Minamoto Tametomo on the Beach). Col. woodcut ôban triptych, 1867, signed Yoshitoshi hitsu, publisher Kinseidô.
- All ôban sections tipped on one leaf; all (heavily) wormholed along edges.
= From the series Bidan musha hakkei (Eight Views with Fine Tales of Warriors).
- Left sheet w. wormhole in upper part; sheets attached; outer edges sl. rubbed/ creased.
Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). (Falsehood and Truth: Both Sides of the Heart). Four (of 10) col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Minatoya Kohei, 1847 or 1848.
- All laid down together on 1 mount; fingersoiled and rubbed.
= Part of the series Uso to makoto kokoro no ura omote.
AND 3 other triptychs, all w. defects: an unidentified warrior scene by KUNISADA (publ. by Izutsuya Shokichi, ±1847-1850), three actors by KUNIYOSHI and two ladies strolling in the snow by GEKKO OGATA.
- Central and righthand sheet wormholed in top left/ right corner and sl. wormholed in outer left/ right margin; lefthand sheet trifle wormholed in margins. Not examined outside frame (possibly cut short); central leaf sl. yellowed in lower half. Sl. faded.
- Laid down on modern thin Japanese. = Meiji-period print from recut block.
Utamaro (1754-1806). (Parody of the Killing of the Nue). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Utamaro hitsu, publisher Omiya Gonkurô.
- Laid down on modern thin Japanese; sm. pinholes in the right corners.
= Meiji-period print from recut block. Asano and Clark 259-61.
AND 1 other colour woodcut by TOYOHARU, also Meij print from recut block, (Landscape at Mimeguri).
- Upper pastedown loose; 2 lvs. stained. Wr. sl. worn.
= Title reads Dai-nigun Ryojunkô hôgeki senryô no zu. Chaïkin 60.
AND 3 other similar triptyches, all naval battle scenes from the Sino-Japanese war, i.a. by the same and KUNIMASA IV.
- Backwr. loose. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- Two cracks, in spine and lower edge frontcover.
- Sl. yellowed; paper sl. thin on spot in upper right corner. = Provenance: Polak Works of Art (1999).