Various | Eleven woodblock prints and an etching | Meiji - Heisei period, 19th - 21st century

The Sokolov Collection

Matsuno Sofu (1899-1963) Mishima Shoso (1856-1928) Takeuchi Keishu (1861-1942) Tom Kistensen (b. 1962) Tadamasa Ueno (1904-1970) Sarah Brayer (b. 1967) Sekino Junichiro (1914-1988)

Eleven woodblock prints and an etching

Meiji - Showa period, 20^th century

the group comprising:

- The Dance of the Flower Basket (Hanagatami, katami no den), woodblock print, from the series Twelve Months of Noh Prints (Junikagetsu no ga suri), signed Sofu, sealed Koyo chiritobu [Maple leaves scattered in the wind], published by Unsodo in 1970

- Sotoba Komachi, woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Noh Plays (Nogaku hyakuba), signed and sealed Kogyo, published by Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya), 1922

- Combing her hair (kamisuki), woodblock print, frontispiece (kuchi-e), sealed Shoso, published in the Literary Club (Bungei kurabu), volume twelve, number six, 1906

- Selling firewood (Kuroki-uri), woodblock print, frontispiece (kuchi-e), sealed Shoso and further red seal, published in the Literary Club (Bungei Kurabu) volume fourteen, number fifteen, 1908

- Autumn coloured sumac (Hasenoki koyo), woodblock print, frontispiece (kuchi-e), sealed So published in the Literary Club (Bungei kurabu), volume fifteen, number sixteen, 1909

- Shamisen player, woodblock print, frontispiece (kuchi-e), sealed Keishu, published in the Literature Literary Club (Bungei kurabu), volume fourteen, number one, circa 1900s

- Three Sisters: The Blue Mountains, woodblock print, signed in pencil to the lower right margin TK, tilted to the lower left margin as above, dated 2009, edition number 6/45

- View from Tahi's Room, etching, signed in pencil to the lower right margin Sarah Brayer, titled to the bottom margin as above, dated 80 [1980], artist’s proof

- A Sanbaso dancer, signed Tadamasa, sealed Ueno, publisher's seal to the left margin Ginza Watanabe mokuhan gaho kosaku (Watanabe woodblock print shop design, Ginza), circa 1930s 

- Kajincho, from the series Eighteen Kabuki Plays (Kabuki juhachi ban), signed Tadamasa, sealed Torii, published by Shokokusha, circa 1952-53

- Bunraku Theatre, signed in white ink in Roman letters Junichiro. Sekino, with artist's red seal, dated 1960, penciled to the lower left Epreuve pour l'exposition

- Kagekiyo, from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki juhachi ban no uchi) signed to the upper left Tadamasa and Ueno Tadamasa hitsu to the lower left margin, sealed Ueno, published by Daireisha, circa 1952

The first: 38.7 x 26.5 cm., 15¼ x 10½ in. 

The second: 56.5 x 72 cm., 22¼ x 28⅜ in. 

The third: 39.5 x 27.3 cm., 15½ x 10⅝ in. 

The fourth: 39.5 x 26.5 cm., 15½ x 10½ in. 

The fifth: 38.5 x 46 cm., 15 ⅛ x 18 ⅛ in. 

The sixth: 30.5 x 22 cm., 12 x 8 ¾ in. 

The seventh: 27 x 43.5 cm., 10⅝ x 17 ⅛ in. 

The eighth: 32 x 22 cm., 12⅝  x 8 ¾ in. 

The ninth: 40 x 26.5 cm., 15¾ x 10½ in. 

The tenth: 40 x 27 cm., 15¾ x 10⅝ in. 

The eleventh: 56 x 72.1 cm., 22 x 28⅜ in. 

The twelfth: 40 x 26.5 cm., 15¾ x 10½ in.