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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman Carrying a Case for a Shamisen. From the series Hyakunin bijo (One hundred Beauties). Circa 1824.
Koban. 18.7 x 12.2 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$850

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Utagawa Kuninao (1793-1854)- A Seated Court Lady Holding a Shell.
Circa 1830. Surimono. 19.4 x 17.6cm. Fine impression with metallic printing. Slightly trimmed, otherwise very good condition. We were unable to locate any additional impressions.
$950.

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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- A Courtesan with two Attendants. Circa 1790.
Surimono. 17.8 x 10.5 cm. Fine impression. Rather faded. Restored wormage. Apparently unrecorded.
$900

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Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Active circa 1799 - 1823)- A Carp Swimming amongst Waterweeds. Circa 1820. Square surimono.
21.4 x 18.5 cm. Samuel Bing, Artistic Japan, no. 25, June 1890 (cover), Collection Werner Schindler, pl. 41, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, plate 408. Fine impression with metallic printing and embossing. Fine colour. Very good condition.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)- A Woman Catching an Octopus. From the series Shiohi goban no uchi (A Series of Five on Shellfish Gathering at Low Tide). Circa 1830.
21.1 x 18.1 cm. Square surimono. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition.

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Yashima Gakutei (Ca.1786-1868)- The Legendary Poet Rin Nasei (Lin Hejing) with a Pet Crane. Circa late 1820's. Square surimono.
21 x 18.8 cm. McKee, Japanese Poetry Prints: Surimono from the Schoff Collection , fig. 95. Superb impression with extensive metallic printing and embossing. Fine colour and condition.
$9,000

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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)- A Still-life of Fish.
Surimono. 17.5 x 16.1. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition.
$1,900

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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)- The Itinerant Renga Poet Botanka Shohaku. From the series Shoshikai bantsuzuki (A Series for the Shoshi Group). 1821/2. Square surimono.
21.2 x 19.3 cm. Reading Surimono, no. 86. Fine impression with metallic printing. Very good colour and condition.

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Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832)- A Young Woman of Kyoto Looking at Violets Whilst Holding a Fan. Circa 1820's. Square surimono.
21.5 x 18.7 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing. Brilliant colour. Very good condition.
$4,000

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Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844)- Three Courtesans. Circa 1805. Surimono.
14 x 28.5 cm. Fine impression with exquisite embossing and metallic printing. Fine colour and condition. Meissner, Japanese Woodblock Prints in Miniature: The Genre of Surimono, Cover and plate 21 (this impression). Provenance: Kurt Meissner. A faded impression is in the Havemayer Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York.
$6,500

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Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Active circa 1799 - 1823)- Wine cups. Circa 1810. Square surimono.
20.7 x 18.4 cm. Fine impression with mother-of-pearl on crepe paper. Fine colour. Very good condition. The unusual use of crepe paper adds an extra level of refinement. The only other impression we could locate is in the Havemayer surimono album at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Kubo Shunman ((1757-1820))- A Love Letter, a Daisho Calendar and a Toothpick Holder in the Shape of a Kimono Sleeve (Tagasode). Surimono.
9 x 18.6 cm. 1797. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition.
$3,500

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Yashima Gakutei (Ca.1786-1868)- A Seated Chinese Immortal Playing the Koto, Surrounded by a Dragon. The left-hand sheet from the diptych Tatsu-tora niban (Dragon and Tiger, a Set of Two).
Square surimono. Circa early 1820's. Fine impression with extensive metallic printing and embossing. Very good colour and condition. Meiji copies are known of this sheet of the diptych only.

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Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832)- Cock and Hen with the Rising Sun. Circa 1820's.
Square surimono. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition.
$1,900

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Baien (Dates Unknown)- Mt. Fuji. Circa 1810. Surimono.
11.1 x 14.1 cm. Fine impression with nearly the entire design printed in metallic pigment. Very good colour and condition.

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Kubo Shunman ((1757-1820))- Nanohana (Brassica rapa). Surimono.
20.1 x 13.6 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing. Very good colour. Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good condition.
$1,200

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Anonymous - Rice Plant with Pine Cones. Circa 1810's
Square surimono. Fine impression with the rice plant extensively printed with metallic pigments. Fine colour and condition. The seal is unread. The design is quite similar to a print by Kubo Shunman from the series Kasumi-ren somoku awase (An Array of Plants for the Kasumi Circle).
$1,400

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Kubo Shumman (1757-1820)- A Still-life of Unagi (?) with Blue and White Porcelain. Circa 1810's.
Surimono. 14 x 18.8 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing and embossing. Very good colour. Surface rubbing, otherwise very good condition.

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Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)- A Street Palanquin by the First Torii Gate of Enoshima Shrine. 1824.
The poem explains that the palanquin is stationed without its bearers who are attending the mimachi ritual. This is also indicated from the text in the lanterns at top right. In 1824, the mimachi day fell on Risshun, the first day of spring. Square surimono. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition. A highly unusual and abstract design. The only other impression we could locate was used as the cover design for Zehntausendfaches Gluck (Munich, 1959) which illustrates 16 surimono from the collection of Emil Preetorius.
$8,000

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Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832)- Urashima Taro Sleeping on a Giant Rock.
From the series Kotobuki goban no uchi (Five Prints on Longevity). Circa mid-1820's. Square surimono. Fine impression with extensive embossing and metallic printing. Fine colour and condition. Carpenter discusses this print and also illustrates the Meiji copy which is frequently encountered (op. cit., page 349). Other genuine impressions are in Boston, Harvard, and RISD.

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Shokei (Dates Unknown)- A Woman Reading a Score for Chanting with Shamisen Accompaniment. A daisho egoyomi for 1797.
Small surimono. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,500

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Attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)- A Courtesan and a Young Kamuro Standing by the Great Gate of Yoshiwara. 1797.
Small New Year surimono. 13 x 16.7 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition. The kyoka poem on this surimono is by Shogatsudo Minatomo Atsumaru who is know to have collaborated with Utamaro on other prints.
$1,800

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Anonymous - Two Puppies.
1790. Small surimono. 13.2 x 13.6 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition. The text reads, "Produced at the residence of Shibaura on a spring day in 1790" (Kanoe inu shunjitsu Shibaura-teichu ni oite tsukuru). Another impression is in an album of surimono in the British Museum.

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- Iris. 1883.
Surimono. 11 x 13.5 cm. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition with the usual faint folds as the print would have originally been placed in a wrapper for distribution. Apparently unrecorded.
$500

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Mother and Child. From the series Hyakunin bijo (One Hundred Beauties). Circa 1830.
Koban. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition.
$690

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- Brushes. 1876.
Surimono with original wrapper. 21.2 x 28.4 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition with a small stain at top and the usual folds so that the print could be placed in its wrapper. Apparently unrecorded.
$680

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- Figures with Umbrellas in Front of a Mountain. 1875.
Surimono with original wrapper. 21.6 x 28.2 cm. Fine impression and colour. Fine condition with the usual folds so that the print could be placed in its wrapper. Apparently unrecorded.
$680

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- Autumn Leaves with a Brush. 1864.
Surimono with original wrapper. 14. 28.3 cm. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition with a few small holes and the usual folds so that the print could be placed in its wrapper. Apparently unrecorded.
$680

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Kano Seichisai Dosho - Iris. Mid 19th century.
Surimono. 20.2 x 21.8 cm. Fine impression with blind-printing and exquisite bokashi. Very good condition. This is a fragment of a larger surimono with the text removed.
$680.

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- A Group of Mice. 1852. Surimono with original wrapper titledShichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods).
Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition. The mice at top are dragging away a metal seal with Zeshin’s name in red, displaying the artist’s typical wit. Apparently unrecorded.
$1,450

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- A Lotus in Flower. 1850.
Long surimono with original wrapper titled Tamukei no eda. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition with the usual folds as the print would have originally been placed in a wrapper for distribution. Unrecorded.
$1,280

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- A Rat with Daikoku's Mallet and New Year's Lucky Jewels. 1864.
Surimono with original wrapper. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$500

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Standing Beauty. From the series Hyakunin bijo (One Hundred Beauties). Circa 1830.
Koban. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition.
$800.

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Nagayama Koin (1765-1849)- Cranes in Flight. 1825.
Large surimono. 43.4 x 57.5 cm. Gerstle, Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage, British Museum, 231b; Keyes, Ainsworth Collection, Oberlin, no. 141. Fine impression with embossing. Fine colour. Very good condition with the usual folds. This is one half of an impressive surimono diptych commemorating the retirement of Nakamura Utaemon III. For an extensive discussion of the diptych see Gerstle (op. cit., page 248).
$800

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- A Fisherman with a Youth Pulling Boats. 1870's.
A Fisherman with a Youth Pulling Boats. 1870’s. Fragment of a long surimono. 19 x 25.3 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition (save for the trimming). The calligraphy at left, as often happens, has been trimmed off.
$390.

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- Brush with plum blossom. A snake year, probably 1845.
Square surimono. 19.7 x 18.1 cm. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition. Pre-Meiji, square surimono by the artist are rare. One additional impression is known with different poetry which was apparently printed two years later in a goat year.
$680

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Yamanaka Shonen (Active from 1806-1820’s)- Seated Heron. Early 19th century.
Square surimono. Fine impression. Original fold mark. Very good condition. Apparently unrecorded. Other surimono by the artist are in the collections of the British Museum, Minneapolis Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Anonymous Shijo School Artist (Circa 1830)- Hibiscus Circa 1830.
Large surimono. 36.7 x 25.7 cm. Fine impression and colour. Slight trimming at top; backed, the usual folds. Very good condition. Provenance: Louis Gonse, Premier Vente, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1924, lot.132 ; Andre Spoerry (1891-1940).

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Yashima Gakutei (Ca.1786-1868)- Carp Swimming Among Water Weeds. Circa 1820s.
Square surimono. 20.9 x 18.2 cm. Fine impression with extensive metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition. Genuine impressions can be distinguished from the deceptive Group A copy by the flaw in the block at lower left in the former. This example closely corresponds to that in the Gerhard Pulverer Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (ex Hayashi and Havemeyer).

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Signature unread - A Monkey Riding a Hobby Horse. Signature Unread
Circa 1870. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition with a few small stains. Surimono.

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Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)- Still-life of Gardening Tool and Plum. Surimono
Circa 1860. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition. Surimono.
$350

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Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)- The Sixth Danjuro (Rokudaime kodama Danjuro) Performing in the Play Shibaraku. Second edition
Circa 1830. Square surimono. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition. Album backing. Margins trimmed to borderline at top and left.

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Yamagata Soshin (1818-1862)- Carp
1861. Large surimono. 43.3 x 56.9 cm. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition with the usual folds and slight creasing.
$680

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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- A Woman with an Umbrella. From the series Tosei sanjurokkasen (Thirty-six Poets in Contemporary Style)
Circa 1830. Koban. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition.
$680

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman Holding a Bowl. From the series Hyakunin bijo (One Hundred Beauties)
Circa 1830. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition.
$800

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Iwai Kumesaburo II and Matsumoto Koshiro V on the Bank of the Sumida River in Snow
From an untitled series of Settsugekka (Snow, Moon and Flowers). Circa 1825. Koban triptych. 18.2 x 37cm. Izzard, Kunisada's World, no. 45. Fine impression with extensive blind printing. Fine colour. Backed. Very good condition.

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Utagawa Sadakage (Active 1818-1844)- A Standing Beauty.
Ca. 1830. Square surimono. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour. Very good condition. Printing creases.

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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.