AFTER SUGIMURA JIHEI, 55 x 31.2cm., a sumizuri-e with hand- applied colour depicting mounted Tomoe-gozen grappling with an attacker, unsigned; another, 55.4 x 31cm., a warrior and oni, unsigned, both probably 18th Century, good impressions, paper browned and slightly soiled, lightly backed, some restoration; AFTER KIYONOBU, 54.5 X 29.6cm., a sumizuri-e with hand-applied colour with Sawamura Kodenji as Tsuyu-no-mae, circa 1915, moderately good impression, slightly damaged; AFTER TOYONOBU, 47.2 x 33.2cm., a benizuri-e, a young couple, the girl seated and holding a battledore, good impression, faded, worm holes repaired (4)

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AFTER SUGIMURA JIHEI, 55 x 31.2cm., a sumizuri-e with hand- applied colour depicting mounted Tomoe-gozen grappling with an attacker, unsigned; another, 55.4 x 31cm., a warrior and oni, unsigned, both probably 18th Century, good impressions, paper browned and slightly soiled, lightly backed, some restoration; AFTER KIYONOBU, 54.5 X 29.6cm., a sumizuri-e with hand-applied colour with Sawamura Kodenji as Tsuyu-no-mae, circa 1915, moderately good impression, slightly damaged; AFTER TOYONOBU, 47.2 x 33.2cm., a benizuri-e, a young couple, the girl seated and holding a battledore, good impression, faded, worm holes repaired (4)

Lot Essay

An original of the third print in this lot, with a landscape of a temple among pine trees in the upper part, is illustrated in Ledoux Collection catalogue, Japanese prints of the primitive period, No. 8. An original of the last print of the lot, signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu is in the collection at the British Museum

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