= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
ADDED: 2 col. woodcut ôban by/ after HIROSHIGE I and II (a modern restrike of an unidentified print and a browned and creased copy of Iga Province).
= Chaïkin, p.150: "On the day of the battle in the Yellow Sea, before the start, two doves came flying to our Navy, and in the evening, after the battle, even during the battle, a falcon flew in and settled on the Takachiho's mast, as a sign of good omen. The bird was caught and later presented to the Emperor, at his headquarters. It was fully unexpected and taken as an omen of victory. The flight of crows was regarded as standing for the downfall of the Chinese".
= The Battle of Pyongyang was the second major land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 15 September 1894 in Pyongyang, Korea between the forces of Meiji Japan and Qing China.
- One closed hole in upper right corner; sl. soiled along margins. = Probably part of a triptych or diptych.
Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). (Actor, seated on the floor). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi-ga, publ. Ômiya Heihachi, w. kiwame seal.
- Two sm. closed wormholes. = Appears to be a sl. later reprint/ restrike (1880s?).
AND 2 other col. woodcuts ôban by KUNITERU III (act. ca. 1880-1900) and HOKUEI (±1824-1837) (mounted under passepartout).
- With some closed wormholes along top and bottom; left blank margin and corners sl. creased.
Kunisada (1786-1865). (Samurai in the show with blossom tree). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Shimoto no ôju Toyokuni-ga, w. toshidama ring, publ. Moriya Jihei, w. two censor seals, 1847.
- Fold along right side of print; (sl.) browned and w. some light offsetting of red ink from another print.
Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) (after). (Woman lighting a lantern from under a mosquito net). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Keisai Eisen-ga (rebacked w. thin (used) Japanese; sl. browned) - AND 1 other col. woodcut ôban.
- A vertical narrow hole on the edge between the left and middle section; a few other tiny holes.
- Edges sl. wrinkled, otherwise fine. = A character in a play called Musume Soga Gaijin Yashima.
Anonymous (20th cent.). (Red snapper and a sardine). Col. woodcut, ±28,5x37 cm., two attached e-hon lvs., publ. unknown.
- Tipped onto mount. Side margins cut sl. short, w. loss of booktitle(?).
AND 1 other.
- Doubled; left margin cut sl. short w. partial loss of publishing information; minor traces of mounting tape in upper blank margin.
= From the series Baiko hyakushu no uchi (One Hundred Kabuki Roles by Onoe Baiko).
- A few small wormholes.
- Middle leaf trifle duststained. Otherwise fine.
- Colours faded and leaf yellowed.
= (Very) rare. Part of the series of Furyu Mutamagawa (Six fashionable Tama rivers) (6 prints). With the collector's mark of S. Take on verso.
- Tipped onto mount. The two woodcuts should probably be attached vertically instead of horizontally (left print below the right print).
- Paper remnant on verso along left edge, sl. shining through.
= Part of the series or pentatych, showing the Five Gallants.
- Sl. fingersoiled.
= Part of the series Tokaido gojusan-tsugi no uchi (The 53 Stations of the Tokaido), actors in combination with the 53 stations.
AND 1 other from the same series.
- Fine impressions. = Left and central part of a triptych.
- Trifle foxed.
= Part of the series Mitate Sanjûrokku sen (Matches for thirty-six selected poems). Gengyo Miyagi designed the still lifes in the upper part.
= Right part of a triptych.
AND 3 others similar by the same, all part of triptychs.