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Pochibukuro are small envelopes for gifts of money. Although the artist is often not identified, several well known Meiji period and shin hanga artists created designs for these ephemera Date: early 20th century Condition: excellent, beautiful silver moon Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: 15,1x6,2 cm

Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Gosho Gorozô (R), Onoe Kikujirô II as His Wife (Tsuma) Satsuki (C), Onoe Eizaburô 4.5 (later Kawarazaki Kunitarô II) as Yadokari, and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as the Beggar (Sodegoi) Setsuhei (L) Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome Theater: Ichimura Signature: Kunichika ga (on each sheet) Publisher: Maruya Kyûshirô Censor’s Seal and Seal of Date: Rat 3 aratame, 1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 3rd month Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, faint bleeding at left sheet, tiny holes, otherwise no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Triptych (36,2 x 24,4 cm each sheet)

Signature: signed with pencil Limited Edition numbered 20/35 self-carved, self-printed Date: 2008 Condition: excellent; upper margin slightly wavy; otherwise no flaws to note Color Woodblock Print, Size: 42,5 x 19 cm

(Ohatsu in the Scene of the Crows from the Play Kagamiyama; based on design no. 60 in the Hyakunin isshu series) Series: Jôruri zukushi no uchi (A Collection of Plays) Signature: Hiroshige ga Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) Censor’s Seal and Seal of Date: Hama, about 1845–48 (Kôka 2–Kaei 1) Condition: good printing quality and colors, slight soling in the left margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (37,3 x 24,9 cm)

Utagawa KUNISADA I (Toyokuni III), Utagawa HIROKAGE (active 1855–1865) Series: Tôto Fuji sanjûrokkei (Thirty-six Views of Fuji from the Eastern Capital) Signature: Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (foreground figures); Hirokage ga (background) Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: aratame, Ansei 7/Man'en 1 (1860) Condition: very good impression and colors; some thinning at the upper left corner Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36,7 x 25,4 cm)

Attributed to Katsukawa SHUNZAN (active c. 1782-1798) Publisher: Mikawa (ca 1779-1828) Date: around 1790 Condition: good impression, colors faded, soiling, a thin area in lower right corner, backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: 27,8 x 13,7 cm

Series: Shokoku meisho hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces) Signature: Hiroshige ga Publisher: Uoya Eikichi Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: Goat 12 aratame Ansei 6, 12th month (1859) Condition: very good impression, fine colors, margins slightly trimmed, minor soiling at margins Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (34,5 x 23 cm)

Series:Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui (Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road) Signatur: Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga Publisher’s Seal: Ebiya Rinnosuke Censor’s Seal and Seal of Date: Mura, about 1845 - 46 Condition: good impression, colors faded, some crease, backing Original Japanese woodblock print, Size: Ôban

Series: Tôkyô meisho zue (Famous Places in Tokyo) Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: aratame Dragon 11, Keiô 4/Meiji 1 (1868) Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, creases, soiling, small thinned areas in the lower bottom Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36,2 x 24,8 cm)

by Kanamori YOSHIO (1922-2016) Signature: Artist's Seal Date: Late 20th century Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, slightly wavy paper, paper with small spots only in the margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (39,1 x 28,2 cm)

Series: Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi (Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road) Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga with Kiri Seal Publisher: Takadaya Takezô Censors' Seals and Seal of Date: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7 (1852) Condition: good impression, colors faded, soiling and thin area of the paper in the lower left corner, small biding holes on left margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Ôban

Series: Dai nippon meisho kagami (Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan), No 43 Signature: oju Yoshitoshi hitsu, Artist’s Seal: Taiso Publisher: Funazu Chujiro Date: 1876 - 1882 Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, backing, residues of former mounting Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (36,7 x 23,4 cm)

Series: Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai), No. 49 Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: Hama, Kinugasa (1847 - 1848) Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, creases, soiling, upper left part missing and professionally added Original Japanese Woodbock Print, Size:: Ôban (36,3 x 25,5 cm)

Series: Edo meishō zue (Views of Famous Places in Edo) Signature: Hiroshige ga Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) Date: 1861-1864 Condition: very good impression, excellent colors, margins cut, minor soiling at margins Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (34 x 23 cm)

Series: Tokaido gojusan-tsui (Fifty-three pairings along the Tokaido Road) Signature: Kuniyoshi with kiri seal Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburo Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: Mura (1842 - 1846) Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, left margin cut, faint creases, soiling on upper left margin, residues of former mounting Original Japanese Woodblock Print, size: Ôban

Series: Rokujûyoshû meisho zue (Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces) Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: Aratame, Dragon 4, Ansei 3 (1856) Condition: very good impression, minor fading, some soiling, creases and wavy areas on the upper part of the paper, small wormhole on the left margin (outside of print) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (35,3 x 24 cm)

No. 27 of the Chichibu Pilgrimage Route Series: Miracles of Kannon, 1859 Signature: Toyogumi, Hiroshige Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, residues of former backing, centerfold, small binding holes Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36,4 x 25,3 cm)

No. 9 of the Chichibu Pilgrimage Route Series: Miracles of the Kannon, 1859 Signature: Toyogumi, Hiroshige Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, some toning, margin slightly cut Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36,3 x 24,5 cm)

No. 21 of the "Saikoku Pilgrimage Route" Series: "Miracles of the Kannon", 1859 Signed: Toyogumi ga, Hiroshige Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, some toning, margin slightly cut, backing, residues of former mounting Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36,3 x 24,7 cm)

No. 5 of the "Chichibu Pilgrimage Tour" Series: "Miracles of the Kannon", 1859 Signed: Kunisada ga, Hiroshige Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, some toning, margin slightly cut, backing, residues of former mounting, some tiny holes on right margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36 x 24,7 cm)