• Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949), Rain at Asakusa Kannon Temple (Asakusa Kannon-do), 1933
    Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)
    Rain at Asakusa Kannon Temple (Asakusa Kannon-do), 1933
    Woodblock print
    Signed: 'Koitsu'
    Artist's seal: 'Shin'
    Date: June 1933 (Showa 8, 6th month)
    Printer and carver seals: 'Yokoi' and 'Harada'
    Publisher: Doi Hangaten, paper with 'Doi' watermark, this impression a post-war edition circa 1950
    Vertical oban:
    39.7 x 26.6 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ½ in.)
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  • Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956), Outside the Te Sheng-Men, Peking, 1921
    Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
    Outside the Te Sheng-Men, Peking, 1921
    Woodblock print
    Signed in red pencil: 'Elizabeth Keith'
    Artist's circular red seal 'E.K.'
    Dated: 1921
    Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
    Titled as above in red in the block at lower left
    Vertical oban:
    40.1 x 28.2 cm. (15 ¾ x 11 ⅛ in.)
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  • Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864), Young woman on a veranda (engawa) washing her hair in a basin, circa 1820s
    Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)
    Young woman on a veranda (engawa) washing her hair in a basin, circa 1820s
    Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and metallic pigments
    Signed: 'Utamasa ga' (lower right, signature rubbed)
    Privately issued, circa 1820s
    12.8 x 16 cm. (5 x 6 ¼ in.)
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  • Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864), Young boy on a veranda with pestle and mortar, sitting opposite a woman whose silhouette can be seen through the shoji, circa 1820s
    Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)
    Young boy on a veranda with pestle and mortar, sitting opposite a woman whose silhouette can be seen through the shoji, circa 1820s
    Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and burnishing to the frame of the shoji
    Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
    Privately issued, circa 1820s
    11.7 x 16.7 cm. (4 ⅝ x 6 ⅝ in.)
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  • Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864), First pail of water drawn at the New Year, circa 1820s
    Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)
    First pail of water drawn at the New Year, circa 1820s
    Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing
    Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
    Privately issued, circa 1820s
    12.1 x 16.8 cm. (4 ¾ x 6 ⅝ in.)
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  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Clearing weather at Horikawa (Horikawa seiran) from the series Eight Views of Military Brilliance (Yobu hakkei), 1852
    Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
    Clearing weather at Horikawa (Horikawa seiran) from the series Eight Views of Military Brilliance (Yobu hakkei), 1852
    Woodblock print
    Signed: 'Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga'
    Publisher: Enshuya Matabei
    Censor's: Mera Taichiro and Watanabe Shoemon
    Dated: 1852, 7th month
    Vertical oban:
    37.2 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.)
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  • Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865), Okazaki neko ishi no kai (The Spirit of the Cat Rock at Okazaki), 1854, 5th month
    Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)
    Okazaki neko ishi no kai (The Spirit of the Cat Rock at Okazaki), 1854, 5th month
    Woodblock print, triptych
    Signed: 'Toyokuni ga' (to each sheet)
    Publisher: Riya Sojiro
    Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
    Date seal: 'Tiger 5' (1854, 5th month)
    Blockcutter's mark: 'Hori Komakichi'
    Vertical oban, each sheet approx.:
    36.2 x 24.8 cm. (14 ¼ x 9 ¾ in.)
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  • Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865), The actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Satomi Shurinosuke (R), Onoe Kikugoro III as the Ghosts of both the princess Fusehime and the dog Yatsufusa (C), and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Kanamari Daisuke (L), circa 1836
    Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)
    The actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Satomi Shurinosuke (R), Onoe Kikugoro III as the Ghosts of both the princess Fusehime and the dog Yatsufusa (C), and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Kanamari Daisuke (L), circa 1836
    Woodblock print, triptych
    Vertical oban, each sheet approx.:
    37.2 x 26.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 ⅜ in.)
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