HAKUGA (fl. 1790-1810), 36 x 56cm., yaki-e, Mt. Fuji shrouded in cloud, a poem at upper right, signed Toka-rojin Hakuga, three seals; SHOZAN, 85.3 x 30cm., yaki-e, orchids issuing from rocks and a butterfly; and another, 84 x 30cm., tree peonies and butterflies, both signed Shozan, both with a Chinese poem above, the first with small worm holes, generally good condition (3)

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HAKUGA (fl. 1790-1810), 36 x 56cm., yaki-e, Mt. Fuji shrouded in cloud, a poem at upper right, signed Toka-rojin Hakuga, three seals; SHOZAN, 85.3 x 30cm., yaki-e, orchids issuing from rocks and a butterfly; and another, 84 x 30cm., tree peonies and butterflies, both signed Shozan, both with a Chinese poem above, the first with small worm holes, generally good condition (3)

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Yaki-e, pyrogravure, is rarely seen but is believed to have been popular during Kansei and Kyowa periods (1789-1804). It is also called kote-e as a small kote (an iron) was used to draw designs by burning hosho paper

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