Series: Mirror of Famous Women Signature: Oju Ginko with red Artist seal Date: c 1880 Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, small restored wormhole at upper right margin, faint “bleeding” at left margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (36,8 x 24,8 cm)

(Festival Dance at Nihonbashi Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Tokimune) Series: Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki (The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road), No.1 Signature: Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei Censor’s seal and seal of date: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10, 1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, restored fold along left margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (37 x 24,6 cm)

Signature: Toyokuni ga in Toshidama cartouche Publisher: Kogaya Katsugoro Cenor’s seal and seal of date: combined, aratame, 1860 (Ansei 7), 8th month Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,6 x 24 cm)

Signature: Takeji ga Publisher: Unsodo with 'Gei' watermark Date: first edition in 1953, this: posthumous printing (after 1999) Condition: excellent Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (41,5 x 27,1 cm)

Signature: Koitsu and red Shin Seal Publisher: Doi Hangatan Date: 1938 (this edition c. 1950) Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, slightly thinned paper at edges, small restored tear upper right corner, otherwise no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (24,8 x 16,8 cm)

Name on Seal: Shotei Publisher: Watanabe, “Made in Japan” stamped on reverse Date: before 1936, post earth-quake Condition: excellent impression and colors, tiny paper hole in the lower left corner, otherwise no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: mitsugiri-ban (38 x 17 cm)

Red Artist’s seal “Shiro” Series: Kasamatsu Silhouettes Publisher: Watanabe Date: 1930s, first and only edition Condition:excellent, small printing smudges at upper and right margins Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size shotanzaku (26,2 x 12,5 cm)

Red Artist’s seal “Shiro” Series: Kasamatsu Silhouettes Publisher: Watanabe Date: 1930s, first and only edition Condition:excellent, faint printing smudges at right margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size shotanzaku (26,1 x 12,3 cm)

Series: Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen (New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts), No. 17 Signature: Yoshitoshi with the red seal Publisher: Sasaki Date: 1889-92 Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, faint crease at upper right corner, album backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,7 x 24,1 cm)

Series: Fuzoku sanjuniso (Thirty-two Aspects of Customs) Signature: Yoshitoshi, with artist's seal Taiso Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi Date: 1888 (Meiji 21) Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, small faint creases at upper left cartouche, otherwise no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (38,7 x 26,2 cm)

Signature: Utamaro hitsu Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei Date: c 1805-1810s Condition: excellent impression, beautiful colors, slight soiling and rubbing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (38,8 x 35,8 cm)

Date: early 19th century Condition: excellent impression, colors slightly faded, some soiling, mounting residues at the backside Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Hashira-e (60,2 x 11,1 cm)

Signature: Kiyomitsu hitsu Publisher: Sakaiya Kurobei Date: about 1760 Condition: good impression and colors, some soiling and rubbing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Hosoban (28,7 x 13,5 cm)

Series: Katsushika sakura zukushi (Cherry Trees for the Katsushika Circle) Date: c 1823 Condition: excellent impression, gaufrage, colors faded, residues of album backing, two vertical folds Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Chuban (21,1 x 18,4 cm)

Horikoshi Masatomo (the historical Hotta Masanobu) tormented on his sickbed by ghosts Series: Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi (Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road) Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga Publisher: Yawataya Sakujiro Censor’s seal and seal of date: Mera (Watanabe), 1852 (7th month) Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, margin slightly trimmed, otherwise no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,9 x 24,7 cm)

The farmer Yoemon murdering his deformed wife Kasane with a sickle under a willow tree on the river bank, her spirit rising and taking shape above him. Series: Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi) Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga Publisher: Kazusaya Iwazo Censor’s seal and seal of date: Mera (Watanabe), 1852 (7th month) Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,8 x 24,9 cm)

Kabuki Play: Hitotsuya (The Lonely House) “The old hag of Adachi Moor. A gruesome tale of a high-ranking woman who kills young children to supply their blood to the local lord who suffers from an unknown disease. She is usually shown in a gourd vine-clad hut wielding a large knife. This design shows the actor Onoe Kikugoro V as the old crone in a revival of the Mokuami play in 1890.” Signature: Okokkeidoju Yoshitoshi ga. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Date: 1890 Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, right margin trimmed, otherwise no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban Triptych (35,3 x 24,4cm, 35,2 x 24,7cm, 35,3 x 21,7 cm)

Series: Tsuki no hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon), No. 30 Signature: Yoshitoshi with the red seal 'Taiso' Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Date: 1886 (Meiji 19) Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, small faint creases at lower margin, mounting residue at backside Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (37,3 x 25 cm)

Artist’s Signature and Seal Block Signature in Roman Letters Condition: excellent, beautiful contrast of black and white on underlying gold print Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size 39,6 x 53 cm

Red Artist’s seal Pencil signed, dated 1977, titled and numbered 97/100 Condition: excellent, paper slightly wavy as usual with Akiyama prints Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size (41,5 x 30,2 cm)

Signature: Oju Kuninsada ga Publisher: Nishimura Yohachi Censor’s seal and date: kiwame, before 1842 Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, faint crease at upper left, small closed binding holes Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size 24,7 x 25,5 cm

Theater: Chikugo (Ônishi) Series: Chûkô buyû den (Tales of Loyalty and Heroism) Signature: Hirosada Date: 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, slight toning, otherwise no flaws to note Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Chuban (25,4 x 18,9 cm)

Signature: Yoshitaki Date: 1857 Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, slight toning, few tiny holes on margins, mounting residues Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Chuban (25,4 x 18,6 cm)

Series: Tokyo kaika sanjurokkei (Thirty-six Views of Modern Tokyo) Signature: Hiroshige ga Publisher: Yorozuya Date: 1874 Condition: very good impression, vibrant colors, centerfold, mounting residues on the back, small paper damage on upper margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Chuban (23,7 x 17,5 cm)

Actors Bandô Shûka I as Shiranui Daijin, actually Wakana-hime (R), Arashi Rikaku II as Hana no mura Chigusa, actually Shûsaku, Arashi Kangorô I as Arashio Yatôta (L) Play: Shiranui Monogatari Theater: Kawarazaki Signature: Toyokuni ga in Toshidama Cartouche Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô Censor’s seals and seal of date: Kinugasa, Murata, Ox 4 1853 (Kaei 6), 4th month Condition: excellent impression, colors slightly faded, thin backing, sheets glued together at margins, rubbing along left margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban Dyptich (35,3 x 49,2 cm)

Signature: Oju Toyohara Kunichika hitsu, with artist's seal Ichio Kunichika Publisher: Ningyocho, Gusokuya (Gusokuya Kahei) Date: 1875 (Meiji 8) Condition: excellent impression, brilliant colors, paper creased, small wormhole on upper left margin of right sheet Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban Diptych (35,2 x 48,3 cm)

Kyoko (active 1904–1905) Battle at Port Arthur (Russo-Japanese War) “The Japanese Blocaders fighting with great Bravery at Port Arthur” Signature: Kyôko ga Date: 1904 (Meiji 37) Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, album backing, vertical fold at right sheet, margins partly trimmed Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban Triptych (35,3 x 23, each sheet)

Series: Tôsei gonin onna (Modern Versions of the Five Women), No. 3 Signature: Keisei Eisen ga Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) Censor’s seal and seal of date: kiwame, around 1835 Condition: very good impression, fair colors, some soiling, faint stain at upper left corner Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (38,3 x 25,8 cm)

Series: Shokoku Roku-ju Hakkei (Sixty-eight Famous Views of Provinces Signature: Hiroshige ga Publisher: unreadable Censor’s seal and seal of date: combined, aratame, 1862 (Bunkyu 2), 2nd month Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, margins cut, backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Chuban (23,7 x 17,5 cm)

Series: Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road, also known as the Kyôka Tôkaidô) Signature: Hiroshige ga Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) Censor’s seal and seal of date: kiwame, about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13) Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, margins slightly trimmed Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Chuban (17 x 23 cm)