Hishikawa Sori III (active circa 1797-1813) | Three surimono depicting bijin | Edo period, late 18th – early 19th century

Hishikawa Sori III (active circa 1797-1813)

Three surimono depicting bijin

Edo period, late 18^th – early 19^th century

each a woodblock print, privately issued; each with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso, and comprising:

- Oharame and ox, embellished with metallic pigment, signed Sori ga (Pictured by Sori)

- Young woman picking from a branch, signed Sori ga (Pictured by Sori), circa 1802

- Woman nursing her child beside a stream, a further woman beside her carrying a basket of herbs, embellished with silver pigment, signed Hishikawa Sori ga (Pictured by Hishikawa Sori)

Each horizontal kokonotsugiriban: each approx. 13.4 x 18.7 cm., 5¼ x 7⅜ in.

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Hishikawa Sori III (act.1797-1813), Trois petits surimono représentant des bijin, époque Edo, fin XVIIIe - début XIXe siècle