Lot 47: ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU, (1711-85)

the first, c.early 1770's, depicting a group of young boys arranging a cock fight during the fifth month of the Boy's Festival, no publisher's mark, unidentified collector's seal on recto; the other, c.late 1760's, of a woman holding a child in her arms and pointing to the full moon, another girl seated at a kinuta (fulling block), publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei; signed respectively Ishikawa Toyonobu zu and Ishikawa Shuha ga

Condition Note: Good impressions, the first slightly faded, the second considerably toned

A COCK FIGHT FROM THE SERIES AZUMA WARABE GOSEKKU NO ASOBI (AMUSEMENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE EASTERN CAPITAL IN THE FIVE ANNUAL FESTIVALS) AND ONE OTHER

aiban and chuban nishiki-e: 33 by 22.5 and 21.1 by 25.9cm., 13 by 8 7/8 and 8 1/4 by 10 1/16 in.

QUANTITY: 2

Original handwritten notes on mount, the first, acheté à Murakami, 11-10-09, the second, ibid. 8-12-09