Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century, ink and colors on paper, from a series of thirty-six poems, this vertical print has a noble samurai reading a hand scroll accompanied by an elaborately dressed girl under the moonlight, framed with mat, not examined outside of the frame.

DOA 19.5 x 15.5 in.

From the Collection of the late Mr. Robert Leroy Shalkop, Salisbury, North Carolina After serving in the US Army in WWII, Robert Shalkop studied at Maryville College in Tennessee before earning his Master of Arts at the University of Chicago and then pursuing postgraduate work at the Sorbonne in Paris. He was an archeologist, curator, and assistant director for several institutions including the Smithsonian Institution, the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery in Memphis, TN, and the Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. He served as director of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art from 1972 until his retirement in 1987. Mr. Shalkop then moved to Salisbury, NC where he offered his expertise as a museum consultant. The range of items presented in this auction display the depth and breadth of Mr. Shalkop's collecting interests.

Some fading to color; trimmed at top, left, and bottom edges; rubbitng and loss to paper on lower left side; pin holes to the right hand side.