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Lot 140

7 Reproduction Japanese Woodblock Prints

Estimate: $100 - $400

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Collection of seven reproductions of Japanese woodblock prints. Four are re cut woodblock prints of fashionable ladies, at least two produced by Uchida Art Co. Ltd. at Kyoto Handicraft Center. One is identified as after Chokosai Eisho (Shoeido), and another appears to be by the same artist. The third is identified as after Torii Kiyomine (Kiyomitsu II). One print after Suzuki Harunobu of a geisha visiting a shrine. Another unidentified print as well, details slightly less sharp than the other two. Two offset lithograph copies of the "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" by Utagawa Hiroshige. View 65 - "Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine" ("Kameido Tenjin keidai") and View 94 - "The Maple Trees at Mama, the Tekona Shrine and Tsugihashi Bridge" ("Mama no momji Tekona no yashiro Tsugihashi"). Originals ca. 1856 - 1857. Reprints: ca. 1998, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Still in original wrapping from museum. Measurements: Hiroshige: 11 5/8" tall by 7 7/8" wide (as matted), 17 1/4" tall by 13 5/8" wide by 1 1/4" deep. Eisho and Kiyomine: 11 1/2" tall by 8" wide (matted); 17 1/8" tall by 13 1/8" wide by 1 1/8" deep. Suzuki Harunobu: 9" tall by 7" wide (as matted); 14 1/2" tall by 12 1/2" wide by about 1" deep. Unidentified: 9" tall by 6 3/4" wide (matted); 14 5/8" tall by 11 5/8" wide by 7/8" deep. Provenance: from a Connecticut collector of ukiyo-e prints. Keywords: fancy, art, artwork, wall, decor, Japan, Asia, Asian, design, nature, natural, wood block, Ando, MMA