HOKUSAI: koban (13.8 x 18.4 cm. ea. approx.); three surimono, two bust portraits of women, one of a young woman folding cloth bearing the series title Mi-hitsuji bijin awase no uchi "Collection of beauties in the year of the sheep" [1799], signed Sori aratame Hokusai ga, and one of two young women playing sogoroku, signed Hishigawa Sori ga- very good impressions, slightly faded and creased (3)

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HOKUSAI: koban (13.8 x 18.4 cm. ea. approx.); three surimono, two bust portraits of women, one of a young woman folding cloth bearing the series title Mi-hitsuji bijin awase no uchi "Collection of beauties in the year of the sheep" [1799], signed Sori aratame Hokusai ga, and one of two young women playing sogoroku, signed Hishigawa Sori ga- very good impressions, slightly faded and creased (3)

Lot Essay

The first two prints, including the title sheet of the series, are from a little-known set of six recorded designs.