JAPANESE PAINTINGS AND WOODBLOCK PRINTS

Japanese Paintings and Woodblock Prints | Lots 379 – 389

379 Utagawa Shigenobu (Hiroshige II) (1826-1869) Izu Iro-zaki (Cape Iro, Izu Province) and Wakasa Matsuo-yama (Mountain Matsuo, Wakasa Province) from the series Shokoku rokuju-hakkei (Sixty-eight Views of the Various Provinces), together with two prints depicting riverscape scenes. (4 works) woodblock prints, unframed signed Hiroshige ga (lower left) Height of taller 9 3/4 x width 7 inches. $300-500 380 Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) Village Scene woodblock print signed Kiyoshi Saito, sealed in red (left) Height 11 x width 16 1/8 inches. $400-600 381 Seven Japanese Woodblock Prints comprising 3 examples by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) depicting males, each signed Toyokuni ga (left), an example by Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) depicting samurai, signed Kunichika hitsu (left), an example by Utagawa Yoshitsuna (active ca. 1848-1868) depicting male figure with children, signed Yoshitsuna ga (lower right), an example by Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867), depicting geisha, signed Eizan hitsu (lower left), a sheet from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), signed Yoshitoshi ga (right). Height of tallest 15 x width 10 inches. $600-800

382 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861) Ishiyama bosetsu(Lingering Snow at Ishiyama) from the series Yobu hakkei(Military Brilliance for the Eight Views), depicting the scene of Suzuki Shigeyuki with his pistol, 1852 woodblock print signed Utagawa Kuniyoshi gwa Height 13 3/4 x width 9 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Rhode Island $500-700 383 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865) Poem by Ariwara no Narihira Ason: (Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as) Seigen from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems, 1852 woodblock print signed Toyokuni ga (lower left) Height 14 1/4 x width 9 3/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Rhode Island $600-800

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385 384* Shiko Munakata (Japanese, 1903-1975) Spring woodblock print, framed signed Munakata in pencil, sealed (lower left) Height of image 20 3/8 x 19 inches. Property from the Collection of Fred M. Levin, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000

385* Shiko Munakata (Japanese, 1903-1975) Autumn woodblock print, framed signed Munakata in pencil, sealed (lower left) Height of image 20 1/2 x 19 inches. Property from the Collection of Fred M. Levin, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000

386 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892) Ureshiso Meiji nenkan tokon geigi no fuzoku (Happy: Habits of a modern geisha of the Meiji era) and Sanpogashitaso Meiji nenkan saikun no fuzoku (Strolling: Habits of the wife of a nobleman of the Meiji era) from the series Fuzoku sanjuni-so (Thirty-two Aspects of Women), 1888 (two works). woodblock prints each signed Yoshitoshi ga Height of each 14 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Rhode Island $500-700

387* Anonymous (Japanese, 19th/20th Century) Figures and Warriors ink and color on paper with gold leaves, framed Height 30 1/2 x width 17 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Nancy Hough Brennan, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

388 Yoshitoshi Mori (1898-1992) Shishimai (the Lion Dance) woodblock print, unframed signed in pencil Yoshitoshi Mori, sealed in red (lower right) Height 16 1/8 x width 11 1/2 inches. $300-500

389 Yoshitoshi Mori (1898-1992) Tori no ichi Festival at Otaka Shrine woodblock print, unframed signed in pencil Yoshitoshi Mori (lower right), sealed in red Height 17 x width 12 1/4 inches. $300-500

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