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PROPERTY FROM A LADY PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF HERBERT EVANS
AND MIRIAM SIMPSON
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A WOVEN SILK BUDDHIST PRIEST’S ROBE, KESA 6013
Late Meiji era A LARGE GROUP OF WOODBLOCK PRINT REPRODUCTIONS
Sewn from cut patches of light tan ground silk woven with dragons Comprising a facsimile volume of a work by Kitao Masanobu,
and cloud scrolls in subdued colors, framed by long border bands, entitled Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami (Yoshiwara
with four applied squares at the corners, all of the same brocade Courtesans: A New Mirror Comparing the Calligraphy of Beauties),
fabric, the reverse lined with blue silk (wear, color fading). Tokyo: Custom Emaki Image Publishing Society, 1916; together with
72 x 42in (183 x 106.8cm) thirty-three oban size works after Sharaku (10), Utamaro (8), Eiri (3),
Choki (2), Kunichika (1), and Hiroshige (10) [includes one fan print,
$800 - 1,200 eight in folio Edo kinko hakkei]; and thirteen shikishi format surimono
reproductions after Hokusai (5), Hokkei (2), Gakutei (1), Shigenobu
(1), Toyohiro (1), Shozo Ittei (1), Oishi Matora (1), and one unsigned
(1). [47]
15 1/2 x 10in (39.5 x 45.8cm) dimensions of facsimile volume
$800 - 1,200
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