Small but very fine private collection of Japanese color prints, with a few additions from other similar collections to complete the session
Publisher: Walpole Galleries
Published: 1920
Place of publication: New York [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Other titles: Fine private collection of Japanese color prints
Notes: Broadsheets in fine condition by Kiyonaga, Toyokuni, Masanobu, Koriusai and Shuncho; triptych by Yeishi, large head by Yesui; fine examples of Utamaro and Yeizan, rare triptychs by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige's "First Snow of Genji" and a snow triptych by Kunisada; landscapes by Yeisen including Itabana, a superb example in collector's condition of Hokusai's "Fuji in Clear Weather," the best known of the Hiroshige landscapes, Kambara, Shono, Fox Fires, Tsuchiyama, and the maples of Mama; Hokusai's great wave off Kanagawa; bird and flower prints. A few interesting examples of Shinsui, Hasui, Capillari, Bartlett and other moderns working in Japanese color block printing and the Hiroshige memorial catalogue.

Sale code: 155.

Date of sale: June 14, 1920

Place of sale: New York.