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Description:
Four Woodblock Prints and an Ink Drawing, Japan, the drawing with a figure and calligraphy, ink on paper, sealed, 6 3/4 x 4 5/8; and the prints comprising a print on sheer rice paper, depicting a flock of flying swallows, two ukiyo-e with one by Toyokuni II (1777-1835) and one by Hiroshige (1797-1858),from the series Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons, and a woodblock depicting courtesans and a boy in a blooming garden, signature unidentified, 13 x 4 3/4 to 12 x 18 1/2 in.
Estimate $200-300
all heavily toned, the drawing, Swallow, and Unidentified pasted onto a matte paper, tears to Swallow, creases and loss of details to the two Uniyoe prints.
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Toyokuni II, JapanCarly Babione
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