four-japanese-woodblock-prints
Lot 2027
Four Japanese Woodblock Prints
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Includes a woodblock print of Shono station from the series "The 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road" by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) print with an old label to reverse of frame from Nikko Gallery, Berkeley (Framed dimensions 14 7/8 x 20 1/4 in.; Sight size 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.) (Good estate condition; not examined out of the frame), and a woodblock print of a female ghost by Tsukioka (Taiso) Yoshitoshii (Japanese, 1839-1892) (Framed dimensions 14 1/2 x 18 3/4 in; Sight size: 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.) (Some staining to sheet, vertical crease to right side paper; not examined out of the frame.), and a woodblock print of a Kabuki actor in kimono with multiple family mon crests holding a closed fan above his head (Framed dimensions 14 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.; Sight size 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.) (Some cockling; scattered staining to sheet and mat; not examined out of the frame), and a woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865) of a woman in kimono kneeling on the floor in front of a standing room screen with rising sun above tumbling waves (Framed dimensions 14 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.; Sight size 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.) (Some staining to sheet, vertical crease to center paper; not examined out of the frame.)

From the Estate of Nancy Palmer and Bruce Wardropper, Durham, North Carolina