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Hokusai, a posthumous album
containing numerous sketches of figures including bijin, tradesmen, travellers, wrestlers, mythical characters, warriors and mountainous landscapes -- each leaf 7in. x 4¾in (17.8cm x 12cm); Nishikawa Sukenobu, two albums depicting travellers and figures before pavilions in mountainous tree strewn river landscapes -- each leaf 7¼in. x 5½in. (18.5cm x 14cm); Hishikawa Moronobu, an album depicting bijin at leisure, laundering, weaving and sifting grain -- 8½in. x 6¼in. (21.5cm x 16cm); and a further album inscribed and illustrated with bijin and dignitaries on terraces of pavilions and in gardens -- 9¼in. x 6¾in. (23.5cm x 17cm), 17th century. (5)
containing numerous sketches of figures including bijin, tradesmen, travellers, wrestlers, mythical characters, warriors and mountainous landscapes -- each leaf 7in. x 4¾in (17.8cm x 12cm); Nishikawa Sukenobu, two albums depicting travellers and figures before pavilions in mountainous tree strewn river landscapes -- each leaf 7¼in. x 5½in. (18.5cm x 14cm); Hishikawa Moronobu, an album depicting bijin at leisure, laundering, weaving and sifting grain -- 8½in. x 6¼in. (21.5cm x 16cm); and a further album inscribed and illustrated with bijin and dignitaries on terraces of pavilions and in gardens -- 9¼in. x 6¾in. (23.5cm x 17cm), 17th century. (5)