Rare and valuable Japanese color prints from three different collections; also a collection of extremely rare Chinese color prints of the Kang Hsi period
Published: 1923
Language: eng
Notes: Rare and beautiful examples of the primitives, excellent examples of Harunobu, Koriusai, Kiyonaga, and Utamaro, including fine triptychs, an unusually important series of landscapes by Hokusai and Hiroshige; almost unknown and never offered at public sale in the United States, prints taken from the "Ten Bamboo Hall" "Mustard Seed Garden" and other Chinese publications in perfect examples, some of which were used for reproduction in European scientific publications.

Lancour, 4517.

Place of sale: New York.

Date of sale: Oct. 22-24, 1923.