Twenty-Nine Japanese Woodblock Prints

19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

highlightd including:
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Ohashi Atake no yudachi (Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake ) from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 9th month 1857;
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972), Yoku-go (After a Bath), from the series Gendai bijinshu dai-isshu (First Series of Modern Beauties), dated 1930, published by Watanabe Shozaburo (6mm Watanabe seal), signed Shinsui ga, with limited edition number 18/250 followed by Watanabe rectangular seal on verso;
Natori Shunsen (1886-1960) , Sosaku hanga shunsen nigao-e gashu (Creative prints: collected portrait-pictures by Shunsen), signed Shunsen hitsuand, sealed in red Shunsen;
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Toki Motosada hurling a demon king to the ground at Mount Inoha, signed Yoshitoshi, one artist's seal.

Average: 13 x 8 3/4 in., 33 x 22 cm.

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

One print by Kawase Hasui has a tear to the upper right corner, one print by Ogata Gekko with tears to the upper corners and with one vertical crease to the middle. Otherwise, each print in overall good condition with no major tears, damages or restoration. Please refer to additional images.

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