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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
(LOTS 24-83)

54 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) 55 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Yoshino (Cherry blossoms at Otomo no Yakamochi (Poem by
Yoshino) Chunagon Yakamochi)

Woodblock print, from the series Setsugekka Woodblock print, from the series Hyakunin
(Snow, moon and flowers), signed Saki no isshu uba ga etoki (One hundred poems
Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya explained by the nurse), signed Saki no Hokusai
Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1833 Manji, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi
Horizontal oban: 15º x 10º in. (38.7 x 26 cm.) PROVENANCE: (Eijudo), circa 1835-36
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Horizontal oban: 9æ x 14º in. (24.8 x 36.2 cm.) PROVENANCE:
$6,000-8,000 Massachusetts Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield,
$5,000-7,000 Massachusetts