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Ten woodblock prints titled the floating world, bound in a green portfolio along with Japanese verse. Various artists are featured and have signed the woodblock prints.

Scope and Contents Eight scenes created by Hiroshige in the period between the last years of Tenpō (1842) and the duration of Kōka (1847) which is often referred to as Hiroshige's Golden Age of artistry. These drawings were completed by Hiroshige but never engraved and reproduced. Instead they landed in the hands of a Dutch merchant and eventually into the possession of Monsieur Emile Javal, a judge in France. In 1928, Javal offered them to Shataro Sato to etch the drawings and render them in the form...

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One woodblock print created by Hiroshige depicting a torii and bridge scene. The title of the print is "Fujisawa; Yugyogi". It is station number 7 in the 53 Post Stations of the Tokaido Highroad created by Hiroshige. This road connected Edo (Tokyo) to Kyōto. The drawing was created by Hiroshige in 1834, the print is from an undertmined date thereafter.

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One woodblock print created by Hiroshige depicting a torii and bridge scene. The title of the print is "Numazu" (Twilight). It is station number 12 in the 53 Post Stations of the Tokaido Highroad created by Hiroshige. This road connected Edo (Tokyo) to Kyōto. The drawing was created by Hiroshige in 1834, the print is from an undertmined date thereafter.

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Six loose woodblock prints of Ukiyo-e scenes in Japan. Subjects are mostly Japanese women or geisha and some samurai images.

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One print created by Utagawa Kunimaru depicting the actor Iwai Kumesaburo in a female role during the late Edo period.

Scope and Contents One woodblock print created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) in the Ukiyo-e theme depicting a master and a servant praying to the moon. The title of the piece is "Hidetsugu in Exile" It shows Toyotomi Hidetsugu (1568-1595) and a companion immprisoned in Mount Koya Temple, not long before their death. A disgraced Samurai, Hidetsugu was exiled and expected to commit suicide. His family and household members were all executed. This is print number 75 in Yoshitoshi's "A Hundred Views of the...

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One woodblock print created by Hiroshige depicting a torii and bridge scene. The title of the print is "Nihonbashi". It is station number 1, First Edition, in the 53 Post Stations of the Tokaido Highroad created by Hiroshige. This road connected Edo (Tokyo) to Kyōto. The drawing was created by Hiroshige in 1834, the print is from an undertmined date thereafter.