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Lot 103
Two Japanese Woodblock Prints by Kunichika and a Surimono Print
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Edo period (1615-1868), ink and colors on paper, two vivid prints by Kunichika, one in collaboration with Hiroshige as noted by his landscape style and his signature in upper right, the second print is entirely by Kunichika and showcases his talent for facial expressions and his love of bright bold colors and patterns in his prints, the third is a surimono print, a print that is privately commissioned to celebrate and event, especially popular for new year's, these prints are usually smaller in size but with more detail and with an appropriate poem.

Tallest 14.5 x 10 in.

From the Collection of Patricia H. Jardine, Chatham County, NC

Fading to color on one print; some minor foxing and staining to two Kunichika prints; thinning to paper near corners of surimono print and writing on the reverse.