4966 - 5091 FINE ARTS - JAPANESE PRINTS, DRAWINGS and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ORIENTAL ARTS
= From the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.
= A later reprint without censor seals. From the series Rokujûyoshû Meisho Zue (Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces).
= From the series Tôkaidô yokyo, Narita dochu (Intermediate Tôkaidô Stations and Views on the Narita Highway) (20 views). The original drawings for this series were drawn in 1834-35, between the Great and Gyosho Tokaido series. But for some reason never published until 1919. So this is the first edition.
AND 5 woodcut views by the same from the Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi, all 20th cent. impressions (stations 37, 40, 44, 52 and 55).
- Sl. fingersoiled; left margin rubbed; possibly a later impression.
- Not examined outside frame, but w. visible restorations in lower corners (outside the image); vertical central fold; publishers seals without colour.
= Station 48 Seki, honjin hayadachi from the series Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi (The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road). This copy bought at Kaigado gallery.
- Printer's seal in left margin patrly cut off.
= From the series Meisho Edo Hyakkei (One hundred views of Edo).
AND 4 others by/ after the same: Ôhashi Atake no yûdachi (Sudden Shower over Shin-Ôhashi Bridge and Atake) (lower margin cut short, w. loss of image), view of ricefields and Mount Oyoma in Hoki province (horizontal edition) and 2 small landscape views.
- Cut to image border; browned and fingersoiled; rubbed spots.
= From the series One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each, no.46. Poet Sone no Yoshitada. Scene from the play Usuyuki monogatari.
Kunisada (1786-1865). (Actor with a fan). Col. woodcut ôban, signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga, publisher unread, censor seal.
- Brown stains near lower edge. = Perhaps part of a diptych or triptych.
AND 5 others, all in poor condition.
= From the album Toto Skokei Ichirian (Fine views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance).
AND 12 other woodcut lvs. by the same, from the Manga volumes, w. red stain in lower margins and a small woodcut by BAIREI.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.
- Both w. some silk threads broken, otherwise fine.
- Margins sl. cut short.
= From the series: Keinen kachô gafu (Keinen's Drawing Book of Flowers and Birds).
- Tape ghost on verso upper corners, sl. shining through; 3rd print somewhat browned.
= From the series Keinen kachô gafu (Keinen's Drawing Book of Flowers and Birds).
AND 3 sm. col. woodcuts by BAIREI, showing birds.
= All from the series Noga Taikan (Large Mirror of No Pictures).
- Browned; w. paper strips along edges from former passepartout.
- Except for the 2 punched holes near the right edge, a fine print.
AND 2 others similar: one from the same series by the same and one by KUNISADA.