Lot 6: Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785)

Benizuri-e of a young couple waking in a strong wind under a willow tree, poem in the background, signed Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu, sealed Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu, published by Maruya Kohei--fine impression, soiled on right and left edges dai oban tate-e : 42 x 30.1cm. PROVENANCE Henri Vever (1854-1942), sold Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, 26 March, 1974, no. 33 EXHIBITION Paris, Mus‚e des Arts Decoratifs, "Estampes Japonaises Primitives," 1909.2 NOTES PUBLISHED: C. Vignier, T. Inada & R. Koechlin, Estampes Japonaises Primitives Expos‚es au Mus‚e des Arts D‚coratifs en F‚vrier 1909, (Paris: 1909), no. 221, pl. LIV. Yoshida Teruji, ed., Hanga soshi jidai (Prints of the early period), vol. 3 of Ukiyo-e taisei (Tokyo: Toho Shoin, 1931), pl. 12.