- Somewhat foxed.
Idem. (Sketchleaf with selfportrait (?) and details of a lady's head). Drawing, brush and ink, 24,5x19,5 cm.
- Partly (heavily 2x) wormholed. Wrappers soiled and sl. worn.
- Laid down; w. various dam. spots. = Newland/ Perrée and Schaap 46.
AND 2 other bird prints, i.a. by BAIREI.
- Verso somewhat yellowed. = Newland/ Perrée/ Schaap K41.29. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.
- Mounted under passepartout; browned along left margin on verso due to glue stains.
Idem. Farmer in Kyoto. Col. woodcut ôban, w. artist's seal, publ. Uchida (fine).
- Sl. yellowed. Wr. sl. soiled.
Miyagawa Souhei. Hichijisan(?). Kyoto, Unsodô, 1935 (Shôwa 10), 7 col. woodcut kimono designs (of 20?), orig. dec. cordbound wr., folio.
- Multiple lvs. removed. = Nice floral designs.
- Some (sl.) creased; a few w. binding holes (3x); occas. trifle/ sl. soiled; a few mounted on thick paper (3x).
= Kuchi-e, literally translated as "mouth pictures", were woodcut illustrations produced in the 1890s through 1910s, meant for books and magazines. These prints - often of high quality - were bound to the spine or inserted into the book/ magazine, and served to illustrate what kind of stories were written within.
- A vertical narrow hole on the edge between the left and middle section; a few other tiny holes.
- A few sm. holes; fine impressions.
- Browned; a few closed holes and a large tear in lower section.
Anonymous (18th cent.). (A woman stepping into a foot bath, with her female parts reflecting in the water). Col. woodcut hashira-e, 59x11,5 cm., signature(?) on a piece of paper hanging from the ceiling.
- Laid down under passepartout; various creases; agetoned and sl. soiled.
= Perhaps Kiyonaga or Katsukawa Shuncho.
- Sl. foxed.
= He stands in front of a Tsuitate partition screen with Yatsuhachi motif and moves a puppet of the pretty Sakuramaru.
AND 5 others, i.a. 2 other actor prints by the same and a rare woodcut by the same showing 2 fans with an onnogata on a background of blue irises next to a stream.
- Doubled w. Japanese paper; all margins strengthened on verso; trifle foxed and sl. yellowed.
- Sl. soiled; a few worn spots along upper edge.
- Trifle foxed in the lower right corner; sm. scratch on lower right of image, but otherwise fine.
= From the series Chûkô gishinden (Stories of Distinguished People Famous for Loyalty and Filial Piety).
- Rebacked; two sm. holes in margin.
= No. 16 from the series Meigi sanjûroku kasen (An Excellent Selection of Thirty-Six Noted Courtesans).
- Both prints w. binding holes and minor wormholes, all repaired; both w. a foxed spot, otherwise a fine set.
- Sl. browned; outer margins laid down under passepartout.
= Central part of the triptych with actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Weaver, on the right, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Night-crawling Star (centre), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Cowherd on the left. Part of the play Jitsugetsusei Chûya no Oriwake.