- With vertical central fold; a few sm. wormholes in corners; margins cut sl. short, cutting off the seal and publisher's mark.
= A print from a collaborative series by Kunisada and Hiroshige II. This print shows the autumnal o-Eshiki festival at Honmonji Temple.
= Both from the series Edo no hana meishô-e (Flowers of Edo and views of Famous Places). The title panel refers to the firefighters brigades.
- Two stains in image; w. sm. tear (3-4 mm.) and vertical crease in/ along right side, not affecting image; paper weak in corners.
- Faded band along top of print; browned/ foxed/ stained; w. two creases.
= Rare print from the series Tôkaidô gojûsan eki goshuku meisho (Views of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road).
Hiroshige (1797-1858) (after). Gyotoku kihan (Boats returning to Gyotoku). Col. woodcut horizontal ôban, signed Hiroshige-ga, early 20th cent. recut.
- With a few spots in the centre of the print; lower right corner sl. waterst. (unobtrusive).
AND 1 other modern print from a recut block after HOKUSAI.
- Tipped onto mount.
= Left hand part of the triptych Actors of the Ichikawa Family at Home.
AND 3 others: KUNICHIKA, (Oiran strolling through the Yoshiwara with her attendants) (col. woodcut ôban, signed Kunichika-hitsu, publisher unread, 1869. Some (slight) foxing. Middle panel of a triptych) and 2 ôban by KUNIYOSHI, both in mediocre condition, i.a. Musashi-bô Benkei reading his subscription roll to Togashi Saemon (chûban diptych, publ. Arita-ya Seiemon, ±1840. Doubled and flattened creases/ closed tears).
- Left panel w. thin brown stripe/ stain in centre of print and very slight (barely visible) crease in upper right corner; right panel w. sl. faded stripe in bottom portion of print. Otherwise a very good copy.
= A scene from the famous kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura, the story of the 47 rônin.
- Laid down; sl. browned/ foxed; vertical central fold.
= Part of the series Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Ogura imitations of One Hundred Poems by One hundred Poets).
AND 5 others, all w. various defects (i.a. laid down/ yellowed), i.a. by KUNISADA and KUNICHIKA.
- FIne copy. = Robinson 97.
AND 3 others by the same (incl. 2 mediocre copies), i.a. The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Tsunagoro (col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi, publ. Ibaya Senzabûro, censor's seals Hama, Kunigasa. With vague reddish offsetting from another print and closed wormholes in left margin).
- Slightly browned/ foxed; binding holes along right margin; left margin cut sl. short.
= No. 13 from the series Seichû gishi den (Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai).
- Paper browned.
- The image is mirrored.
= After a stone carving done by Tang Renzhai of a hanging scroll w. ink drawing by Luo Ping, the latter of which is currently in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
= After Masanobu's ca. 1740 print "Moon in Musashi Province".
- Does not contain medicine. Shows signs of use and age: partly foxed/ browned or w. tears.
= Packaging for medicines catering to a wide array of complaints, such as i.a. medicine w. bear gall for gastrointestinal discomforts, santonin for intestinal parasites, Jitsubosan ("Mother Powder"), and medicines for colds and fevers. Some of these products are still being produced by Kôkandô in Toyama (founded in 1876).
- Right panel partly sl. browned and w. brown pattern (offsetting from another print?) in the centre. Otherwise fine.
- Slightly soiled/ browned, in background and blank margins only. Otherwise a fine copy.
= About this series: The New Wave, p.157: "This collaborative series of c. 1924 included the contributions by eleven different artists on the customs and manners of beauties corresponding to the twelve months. It was published by Murakami, about whom little is known except for his issuing of this series." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
- A fingernail size worn spot in top margin; a few small shaved spots in surrounding borders and some tiny flaked areas in blue swirling lines.
= Provenance: J.W. Niemeijer (director of the Rijksprentenkabinet from 1974-1990, and born in the sign of Sagittarius). Remarkable and very attractive richly decorated miniature, showing Sagittarius in the central panel surrounded by birds perched upon vine leaves with hanging bunches of grapes; this central panel is flanked on the left and right side by an intricate pattern of flowers, leaves, tiny dots and swirling decorated blue lines on gilt ground. Possibly one of a complete series of the signs of the Zodiac.
- A few sm. dam. spots along edges.