Lot 156: Two Japanese Reprints

Estimate: $200 – $300

#1) Eisho Zu deluxe reprint, early 20th c. Yanaguchi-ya-Chusuke Chusuke publisher’s seal. Beauty with an embossed sheer-netted shawl overhead/shoulders, a neutral lacquered background with a mica flake technique. 10.25″ W x 15″ H. Excellent condition, impression and color. Framed under glass, not examined, woodblock print by Harunobu of two figures with umbrella. Collected in the Gay homestead  in 1958, Hingham, MA.

#2) Harunobu reprint framed 1930-50. Two figures with an umbrella. Frame 16″ H x 11 3/4” W (John P. Richardson Estate, Hingham, MA.).