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Sneak Peeks – February 12 Ukiyo-e and Meiji Auction
Posted on January 12, 2022We are still assembling the lots for our semi-annual Ukiyo-e and Meiji print auction. It is scheduled for Saturday, February 12, exclusively on the LiveAuctioneers platform. In the meantime, we are posting a series of sneak peeks on Facebook, and reproducing them here, to give you an idea of what will be included in the auction.
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Sneak Peek # 1 posted January 10
Hiroshige: Ishiyakushi, Gyosho Tokaido, plate 45
Sneak Peek # 2 posted January 12
Watanabe Nobukazu (1874-1944):
National Flowers Cooling Off on the Sumidagawa, c. 1890s
Nobukazu was a student of Toyohar Chikanobu, while many of his works feature the same court ladies as his teacher, he is perhaps best known for is Sino and Russo Japanese War triptych.
Sneak Peek #3 posted January 14
Hiroshige II – Dragon Head Mountain, Bizen (Bishū) Province
This is considered one of the best designs by Utagawa Hiroshige II (1829-1869). It is plate 57 from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces, published by Uoya Eikichi betweens 1859 (Tiger – Ansei 6), month 5 – 1861 (Rooster – Bunkyū 1), month 9. Bizen Province was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of Honshu, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture.
Sneak Peek #4 posted January 16
The Village of the Shi Clan, 1885, pl. 6
Cooling of at Shijo, 1885, pl. 11
Taiso Yoshitoshi’s popular series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
Sneak Peek #5 posted January 18
Utagawa Yoshifuji (1828-1887), An English Lady Strolling in Nanking, China, 1861
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