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YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868)
Muneyuki shoots a tiger
Woodblock print, surimono, signed Gakutei, circa 1829
Shikishiban surimono: 8º x 7º in. (21 x 18.4 cm.)

$4,000-6,000

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YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868) YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Plum blossoms and blowfish Two court attendents watch the year's first sunrise by their Asahina under cherry blossom
Woodblock print, surimono, signed Gakutei Harunobu, circa 1810s carriage Woodblock print surimono, signed Hiroshige hitsu and sealed, 1847
Shikishiban surimono: 7æ x 7 in. (19.7 x 17.8 cm.) Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigment and Ebangire surimono: 21æ x 7¬ in. (55.2 x 19.4 cm.)
embossing, signed Gakutei
$4,000-6,000 Horizontal chuban: 7¬ x 10¬ in. (19.4 x 27 cm.) $10,000-15,000

$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE: According to the inscription, this series of Asahina surimono
Katherine Ball (1859-1952), San Francisco started in 1798 (commissioned by Sakuragawa Bihinari [1762-
1833?] to Utagawa Toyohiro [1774-1830]), and the present lot
is commissioned in 1847 by Sakuragawa II to Utagawa II, here
referring to Toyohiro's student Hiroshige.

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ANONYMOUS (EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY)
A Presentation of New Year's Gift
Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic
pigment and embossing
Shikishiban surimono: 8¿ x 7 in. (20.6 x 17.8 cm.)
$2,000-3,000