JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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KOBAYAKAWA KIYOSHI (1896-1948)
Showa era (1926-1989), 1931
A large woodblock print with mica pigment entitled Roku, Kuchibeni
(No. 6, Lipstick), from the series Kindai jiseiso (Fashions of the
Modern World), dated March 1931, with edition number stamp left
blank, signed Kiyoshi and sealed Kobayakawa
21 5/8 x 12in (54.9 x 30.5cm)
$3,000 - 5,000
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620
TORII KOTONDO (1900-1976)
Showa era (1926-1989), 1929
A dai oban tate-e print entitled Nagajuban (Long Undergarment)
dated July 1929, published by Sakai Kawaguchi Goban, signed
Kotondo saku, sealed Kotondo, with sticker Gaikoku yuki
nihyakumai zeppan, dai-hyakunanajuroku-go (For Export Limited
Edition 176/200) and inscribed Torii Kotondo and sealed Kotondo
on verso
18 x 11 11/16in (45.7 x 29.7cm)
$2,500 - 3,500
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NARITA MORIKANE (DATES UNKNOWN)
Two woodblock prints
Showa era (1926-1989), 1931
Each an oban tate-e, the first depicting a beauty combing her hair
by a river, her kimono hanging on a branch beside her, the second
depicting a beauty applying a red band to her upper arm, both form
the series Adesugata Nijushi ko (24 Figures of Charming Women),
each signed and sealed Morikane, and with publisher’s seal Yamase
(2)
16 x 11 1/8in (40.6 x 28.2cm)
$800 - 1,200
620
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