BEKKANKO KURABE (FACE MAKING COMPETITION) HETAKUSO KURABE (CLUMSINESS COMPETITION) YUREI (GHOST) FROM THE SERIES KURABE JUNISUGATA (TWELVE FORMS OF COMPETITION) SHOCHIKUBAI (PINE, BAMBOO, PLUM)
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HATSUYAMA SHIGERU (1897-1973)
Bekkanko kurabe (Face making competition)
Hetakuso kurabe (Clumsiness competition)
Yurei (Ghost)
from the series Kurabe junisugata (Twelve forms of competition)
Shochikubai (Pine, bamboo, plum)
Woodcut, n.d., each with artist's rebus seal, the first, signed in Japanese Shigeru in the image, titled as above in the image; the second signed in Japanese Shigeru below the title, titled as above in the image; the third, titled as above; 10 x 13in. (25.5 x 33cm.) each approx.; the fourth n.d., signed in red pencil Shigeru and in Roman script Hatuyama [sic], numbered 13/14, 17.7/8 x 16.1/8in. (45.5 x 41cm.), the first with tape stains, left corner nicked (4)
Bekkanko kurabe (Face making competition)
Hetakuso kurabe (Clumsiness competition)
Yurei (Ghost)
from the series Kurabe junisugata (Twelve forms of competition)
Shochikubai (Pine, bamboo, plum)
Woodcut, n.d., each with artist's rebus seal, the first, signed in Japanese Shigeru in the image, titled as above in the image; the second signed in Japanese Shigeru below the title, titled as above in the image; the third, titled as above; 10 x 13in. (25.5 x 33cm.) each approx.; the fourth n.d., signed in red pencil Shigeru and in Roman script Hatuyama [sic], numbered 13/14, 17.7/8 x 16.1/8in. (45.5 x 41cm.), the first with tape stains, left corner nicked (4)