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                                                             SEKI SUIGAKU (DATE UNKNOWN)
                                                             Edo period (1615-1868), ca 1840
                                                             A large folded surimono print with mountain yams and inscriptions of
                                                             poems, collector’s seal of Henri Vever, signed Suigaku
                                                             16 1/2 x 22 1/4in (42 x 56.5cm)
                                                             $800 - 1,200

                                                             Another impression of this surimono is in the British Museum; see https://
                                                             www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1993-0405-0-24.
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                                                             TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)
                                                             Edo period (1615-1868)
                                                             A surimono shikishi-ban entitled Kyo, from the series Sangokushi (History of
                                                             the Three Kingdoms), with inscriptions of poems, signed Go Hokkei
                                                             8 3/8 x 7 5/16in (21.2 x 18.6cm)
                                                             $1,500 - 2,500
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                                                             KATSUSHIKA TAITO II (ACTIVE ABOUT 1810-1853) AND TOTOYA
           508                                               HOKKEI (1780-1850)
                                                             Edo period (1615-1868), 1820s-1830s
                                                             Comprising two surimono prints; the first entitled Tatsu no ji no tako o motsu
                                                             onna (Woman Holding Kite with the Character “Dragon”), 1820 or 1832,
                                                             signed Beika Dojin Taito; the second entitled Tabako o suu jinja no zuijin
                                                             (Shrine Attendants Smoking), signed Hokkei (2)
                                                             7 7/8 x 7in (20.1 x 17.8cm)
                                                             7 5/16 x 14 5/8in (18.6 x 37.2cm)
                                                             $1,000 - 1,500

                                                             510
                                                             UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864)
                                                             Edo period (1615-1868), 1843-1847
                                                             Comprising seven chuban tate-e prints; the first entitled Akashi, signed
                                                             Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga; the second entitled Sakaki, and the third entitled
                                                             Miotsukushi, both signed Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga; the forth entitled
                                                             Sekiya, and the fifth entitled Aoi, both signed Chokoro Toyokuni ga; the sixth
                                                             entitled Hanachirusato, and the last entitled Yomogiu, both signed Kunisada
                                                             aratame nidai Toyokuni ga; each from the series Genji ko no zu (Genji
                                                             Incense Pictures), published by Yamamotoya Heikichi Eikyudo (7)
                                                             9 3/4 x 7 1/4in (24.8 x 18.4cm) each approximately
                                                             $1,200 - 1,800

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