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Lot 19
A Group of Four Japanese Works on Paper
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Edo period (1615-1868), woodblock prints, ink and colors on paper, includes two prints by Toyokuni I (1769-1825), a print of an elegant lady holding a cherry blossom display by Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867), and a work on paper by Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889) of a monkey trainer with a monkey dressed in a robe and holding a Shinto shide folded paper wand, the monkey is dancing with a nobleman, signed to the upper right hand side together with red rabbit seal, all presented loose.

15 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (largest)

Private Collection, Rockville, Maryland

Toning to paper; some losses at edges; some staining; some fading to colors; two attached to backing paper at top corners.