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JOREN HOKUTEI (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1823
A shikishiban surimono print of a mother biting off pieces of a long
letter, which her child folds into origami cranes, the right with a kimono
draped over a rack, with a poem by Komari-an Inamaro; signed
Hokutei Joren
7 7/8 x 7 3/8in (20 x 18.7cm)

US$800 - 1,200

Another impression is illustrated in Matthi Forrer, Surimono in the
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden, 2013, p. 221, no. 387.

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KATSUKAWA SHUNWA, HISHIKAWA SORI III, UTAGAWA
KUNISADA (1786-1864), AND SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)
Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Comprising four surimono prints, each with poetic verses: Katsukawa
Shunwa, a kokonotsugiriban egoyomi of a boy and puppies playing
near a kadomatsu (notation of the long months incorporated into the
body of the white puppy), circa 1826, signed Katsu Shunwa, 5 3/4
x 7 3/4in (14.5 x 19.6cm); Hishikawa Sori III, a yatsugiriban entitled
Mensetsu (Surreptitious), of a mask carver seated near a woman with
an Otafuku mask, from the series Shokunin sanjurokkasen(36 Artisans),
signed Sori ga, 5 3/8 x 7 3/8in (13.6 x 18.7cm); Utagawa Kunisada,
a koban egoyomi depicting various New-Year toys, circa 1830-1842,
signed Oju Kunisada ga, 4 3/8 x 5 7/8in (11.1 x 15cm); Shibata
Zeshin, a New Year's print with seven poems issued for the year of the
ox, signed Zeshin, sealed Tairyukyo, 7 1/4 x 9 7/8in (18.5 x 25.1cm) [4]

US$800 - 1,200

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