TOYONOBU (1711-85), nagaban, sumizuri-e with hand-applied colour, 50 x 23.3cm., Musashi Benkei carrying his 'Seven Tools' on his back and with a portable writing set between his teeth putting up a notice-board which warns people of a punishment for breaking off blossoming branches, signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu, sealed Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu, publisher's seal of Urokogataya, good impression and colour, some soiling, small damage, stains, horizontal fold marks, a collector's seal on the reverse