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An additional group of preliminary drawings ('shita-e' and 'hanshita-e') for Japaese woodlock prints
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Utagawa YOSHIIKU
Musashi taking a sword lesson
from the series: Mirror Of Our Country's Swordmanship

Utagawa KUNISADA
Man watches an umbrella flying by
- Brush drawing in black ink -




Utagawa KUNIYOSHI
Three women in a room
- A design for a fan print -

Utagawa KUNIYOSHI
The Attack (a stage scene)

Utagawa KUNIYOSHI
The priest, Nichiren, and
The Apparition of a Female Ghost

Utagawa KUNIYOSHI
Seated nobleman




Kawanabe KYOSAI
Courtesans on a vessel
- A design for a fan print -

Kawanabe KYOSAI
Bunraku (puppet) Player, a.o.
- Miscellaneous design elements -

Utagawa KUNISADA
A Ghost scene (from a kabuki play)
(with pentimento indicating minor changes to the ghost's posture)





Utagawa KUNIYOSHI
Nikki Danjô and the stolen hereditary role
- from the kabuki play: "Sendai hagi" -

Utagawa YOSHIFUJI (attr. to)
Festival scene
(A preparatory drawing in two stages of completion)


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