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Lot 49
A Group of Edo Period Japanese Woodblock Prints
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Edo period (1615-1868), includes four woodblock prints, a black ink monochrome print by Sukenobu Nishikawa (1671-1751), with label to reverse from Tokyo, M, Nakazawa, a woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) entitled Fukoroi, from the series ""Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," circa 1804-1810, a woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) of two women engaged in the art of calligraphy with a koto behind them, lengthy inscription at top left, signed to lower right, and a horizontal perspective print by unidentified artist, all framed, not examined outside of the frames.


DOA 14.75 x 18.75 in. (largest)

Sukenobu Nishikawa print is good estate condition; the other three prints have fading to color, toning to paper, creases, some spots of loss, some stains.