Lot Essay
For a similar example of the first see Takahashi Seiichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei (Compendium of modern Japanese prints), vol. 2 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976), pl., 132.
KINYOBI NO TORI (BIRD OF FRIDAY) UNTITLED (BROTHER AND SISTER) UNTITLED (TREES AND POND) UNTITLED (CHILD AND RED FLOWER) UNTITLED (BIRDS ON FANCIFUL STRUCTURES) SIX CALENDAR PRINTS
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TAKEI TAKEO (1894-1983)
Kinyobi no tori (Bird of Friday)
Untitled (Brother and sister)
Untitled (Trees and pond)
Untitled (Child and red flower)
Untitled (Birds on fanciful structures)
Six calendar prints
Woodcut, the first four each signed in pencil in Roman script T. Takei, the first dated 1968, numbered 3/5, with paper slip affixed to verso titled as above, 13 x 19in. (33 x 50.2cm.) ; the second dated 1961, numbered 3/4, 17 x 24.3/8in. (45 x 61.9cm.); the third, dated 1963, numbered 6/13, 5.1/8 x 4.5/8in. (13 x 11.7cm.); the fourth, n.d., accompanied by a printed poem titled Hana no kodomo (Flower child) by the artist dated Showa 33. 10 (October, 1958), 6.7/8 x 4in. (17.5 x 12cm.); the fifth n.d., unsigned, 6 x 9in. (16.5 x 24.2cm.); six prints from a 1964 calendar printed for the Tamazuka Stock Exchange Co. by Kobayashi Sokichi, 10.1/8 x 7in. (25.6 x 19.6cm.), the first with slight stains, the second toned, the fourth pasted on another sheet of paper, slight tape stains (11)
Kinyobi no tori (Bird of Friday)
Untitled (Brother and sister)
Untitled (Trees and pond)
Untitled (Child and red flower)
Untitled (Birds on fanciful structures)
Six calendar prints
Woodcut, the first four each signed in pencil in Roman script T. Takei, the first dated 1968, numbered 3/5, with paper slip affixed to verso titled as above, 13 x 19in. (33 x 50.2cm.) ; the second dated 1961, numbered 3/4, 17 x 24.3/8in. (45 x 61.9cm.); the third, dated 1963, numbered 6/13, 5.1/8 x 4.5/8in. (13 x 11.7cm.); the fourth, n.d., accompanied by a printed poem titled Hana no kodomo (Flower child) by the artist dated Showa 33. 10 (October, 1958), 6.7/8 x 4in. (17.5 x 12cm.); the fifth n.d., unsigned, 6 x 9in. (16.5 x 24.2cm.); six prints from a 1964 calendar printed for the Tamazuka Stock Exchange Co. by Kobayashi Sokichi, 10.1/8 x 7in. (25.6 x 19.6cm.), the first with slight stains, the second toned, the fourth pasted on another sheet of paper, slight tape stains (11)