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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LA DY

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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)
YOSHITSUNE’S HORSE-WASHING
FALLS AT YOSHINO IN YAMATO
PROVINCE (WASHÛ YOSHINO
YOSHITSUNE UMA ARAI NO TAKI)
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
woodblock print: ink and colour on paper,
from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various
Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri), signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by
Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô), with pulisher’s
seal Eijudô, censor’s seal kiwame, circa 1832
Vertical ôban:
35.8 x 24 cm., 14⅛ x 9½ in.
Similar examples are in numerous museum
collections including the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.25224, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.
JP1084, and the British Museum, accession
no. 1937,0710,0.195.
£ 10,000-15,000
€ 11,300-16,900 US$ 12,500-18,700

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