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Yashima Gakutei (Ca.1786-1868) - The Dialogue Between Confucious and the Eight Year Old Child (Hassai no ko to koshi to mondo). From the series Uji shui monogatari, Tales Gleaned from the Uji Councillor.
Ca. 1828. Square surimono. Keyes, Chester Beatty, Vol. 1, no. 96. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition.
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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) - A Woman Scooping Sake from a Wooden Vat (Sake-sukuri yoshi (It is Favourable to Brew Sake)).
Early 1820s. From the series ,Hanazono bantsuzuki (A series for the Hanazonoren Circle). Square surimono. 20.8 x 18.2 cm. Amsterdam/III/167; Markus, Surimono, page 18; Carpenter, ,I.Reading Surimono, no. 92. Fine impression with metallic printing. Very good colour and condition.
$2,800
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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) - A Standing Woman (It Is Favourable to Take the First Bath) (Yudono hajime yoshi).
Early 1820s. From the series Hanazono bantsuzuki (A Series for the Hanazonoren Circle). Square surimono. 21 x 18.6 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing. Very good colour and condition.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) - Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hanata.
1820. The left-hand sheet of a triptych. 1820. Square surinomo. 20.9 x 18.1 cm. Edo no surimono (Chiba City Art Museum), no. 255; Amsterdam/IV/145. Fine impression and colour with metallic printing. Very good condition. Trimmed to the borderline at left and re-margined.
$3,000
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) - Iwai Shijaku I and Ichikawa Danjuro Vii in a Gempei play.
Ca. 1827-30. Square surinomo. 21.5 x 18.9 cm. Spencer 145. Fine impression with metallic printing and embossing. Very good colour and condition.
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Ryuryuko Shinsai (Active 1799-1823) - Still-life with Sake-warmer and a Branch of Plum.
Ca. 1820. Square surimono. 21.6 x 20 cm. Another impression is in the Spaulding Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition.
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