Sale 5496
London, South Kensington
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12 May 2010
Price realised
GBP 2,125
Estimate
Kitao Masayoshi (1764-1824) Five prints from Raiken zui [Pictures of Imported Birds], the first four signed Keisai utsusu and sealed in red, good impressions and colour, slight soiling and creasing, three with vertical centrefolds Each oban yoko-e (5)
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These prints are discussed and another impression of one illustrated in J. Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, (London, 1987), p.471
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