작품 상세

Five unframed late 19th/early 20th C. Japanese woodblock prints: first after a painted screen attributed to Mitsuoki Tosa (Japanese, 1617-1691), "A Dyer," showing group of women preparing, sewing, and dyeing kimonos in textile workshop, heavily stained top border, foxing throughout, as: 6 1/2" h. x 12" w.; second after a painting by Wawo Hishikawa (?), theatrical scene depicting samurai, two women, and baby, brown background decorated by stand of reeds; third likely after an early ukiyo-e school painting, "ancient nobility" genre scene depicting group of long-haired musicians including one playing sanshin (three-stringed banjo type instrument), some discoloration and foxing to mat, last two both measure as: 12" h. x 7 3/4" w.; fourth by Utagawa Kunisada I (aka Toyokuni III, Japanese, 1786-1865), depicting courtesan in elaborate dragon-decorated robe drawing water from a well, circular medallion depicting old bearded man and crane UL (possibly Fukurokuju), published by Yamaguchiya Tobei, discoloration center left and UL, some loss and unevenness to paper; along with fifth depicting courtesan on threshold of shoji doors, hexagonal cartouche UL, characters and seal, LC, UC, and UR, heavy foxing and staining especially to the lower edge and UR corner, some loss, fourth and fifth both measure as: 15" h. x 10 1/4" w.