5318 - 5509 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
- 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.
- All prints creased/ w. folds and sl. soiled/ worn.
- Somewhat soiled; a few sm. chips in the edges. = Right part of a diptych.
AND 5 others, 3x ôban and 2 chuban, i.a. by KUNIYOSHI.
- Trifle soiled; w. one sm. pinhole and a tiny repaired section in the upper left corner, otherwise fine.
Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). (Arashi Kichisaburô III as Hanaregoma Chôkisa). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Ichûsai Kuniyoshi-ga, publisher Aritaya Seiemon, with kiwame seal, ±1830-1840.
- Rebacked w. Japanese; remnants of previous mounting on thick paper on verso; paper sl. worn.
= From the kabuki play Futatsu chôchô kuruwa nikki (A Diary of two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarter).
ADDED: Tôshisen ehon (Picture Book of Selected Tang Poems). Vol. 5. N.pl., publisher Kasa Sanbô(?), 1801, 1 vol. (of 5), 17 text-p., 7 (double-p.) woodcut ills., bound as a block book in orig. cordbound wr. w. hashira title.
- Covers sl. stained; cord replaced; title-strip (sl.) faded.
= Contains woodcut reproductions of calligraphed Chinese poems from the Tang dynasty in different styles, accompanied by explanations of the poems in Japanese and double-page illustrations.
- Left panel (courtesan) sl. creased along right side, sl. fingersoiled along lower margin and w. sm. stain in the centre of the print; both leaves tiny segment of upper corners replaced w. Japanese (not affecting image).
AND 1 other actor print (col. woodcut) by the same.
- Both panels sl./ trifle stained (particularly left panel) and w. some closed wormholes (unobtrusive); left panel w. a vertical crease.
AND 1 other col. woodcut ôban by the same, depicting a (male?) courtesan and a devoted customer (mounted on thick paper, w. some closed binding holes).
- Bottom third w. some brown stains; sl. wrinkled/ creased; w. offset rectangle in red ink.
= Depicting one of the Seven Lucky Gods, Fukurokujû, in an unidentified play. Right panel of a dyptich.
Idem. (Syllable "Yo" for Yoi Kôshin). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga, publ. Yamaguchiya Tôbei, 1856.
- Margins cut sl. short (not affecting image), resulting in loss of publishing information on the left side; doubled w. thin Japanese; two (sm.) wormholes; sl. fingersoiled/ rubbed in lower and upper right corners.
= From the series Seisho nanatsu iroha (Seven Calligraphic Models for each Character in the Kana Syllabary), depiciting actors Onoe Kikujirô II as Ochiyo and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hanbei in an unidentified play.
AND 1 other mediocre copy by the same.
- With three closed wornholes (unobtrusive) and a sm. crease in blank upper margin. Otherwise fine.
- All mounted under passepartout; all browned; one print lacking (sm.) part of upper left corner. Mediocre copies.
= Each showing a scene from a chapter of the Tale of Genji.
- Trifle/ sl. foxed; one panel w. two (sm.) stains; all sl. creased, one panel w. fold 3-4 cm. from left edge.
- Doubled w. Japanese; w. a few (all but one) closed tiny wormholes. = Left panel of a dyptich.
- Cut sl. short along top and bottom, w. partial loss of signature.
= Depicting the hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune in armour on horseback. From the series Honchô kômei kagami (A mirror of our country´s renowned heroes).
ADDED: 2 others by the same in mediocre/ bad condition.
- Doubled w. Japanese w. text in brush and ink; w. a few binding holes, otherwise fine. Good impression.
= Probably part of a triptych.
Idem. (Fierce actor in the rain under a worn umbrella). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Toyokuni-ga, n.publ., w. aratame date seal, 1859.
- Trifle soiled, otherwise fine. Good impression. = Probably part of a triptych.
- Good impression. = Name of the actor possibly reads Kochiya Rokusaburo.
AND 2 other col. woodcuts by the same, i.a. one panel of a triptych: Tsuki (Moon), from the series Azuma Genji setsugekka no uchi (Snow, Moon, and Flowers of Eastern Genji) (w. a few spots/ stains (mould?) and one dam. spot).