Eishosai Choki a print depicting three actors on a terrace, one crouching and leaning on a sword, the others with comical expressions behind him -- 9½in. x 7in (24cm x 17.7cm); Katsukawa Shunko (1743-1812), a print with a lady holding a kettle, turning to her right -- 12½in. x 5½in. (31.7cm x 14cm); and Shunsho/Shigemasa, a bookplate from 'Seiro Bijin Awase Sugata Kagami (A Mirror of the Fair Women of the Green Houses), depicting a group of five courtesans on a terrace, one reading a calligraphic makemono, another kneeling before a lacquer food tray, (all slightly faded, soiled and worn).

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Eishosai Choki a print depicting three actors on a terrace, one crouching and leaning on a sword, the others with comical expressions behind him -- 9½in. x 7in (24cm x 17.7cm); Katsukawa Shunko (1743-1812), a print with a lady holding a kettle, turning to her right -- 12½in. x 5½in. (31.7cm x 14cm); and Shunsho/Shigemasa, a bookplate from 'Seiro Bijin Awase Sugata Kagami (A Mirror of the Fair Women of the Green Houses), depicting a group of five courtesans on a terrace, one reading a calligraphic makemono, another kneeling before a lacquer food tray, (all slightly faded, soiled and worn).
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