18th century Comprising two prints, the first an egoyomi for 1765 by Harunobu, depicting a girl parachuting down holding an open umbrella above her head and just about to pass the upper branches of a flowering cherry tree. The character dai and the numerals of the long months (2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10) concealed in the seashells of the pattern of the girl's kimono, an unread conceiver's seal on recto, another unread collector's seal on verso, unsigned; the second by Hokusai, depicting a pair of geese flying towards reed at full moon, signed zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu with seal Hokusai. The third a fascimile (copy) after Hokusai. Chuban 27cm x 19cm (10 5/8in x 7½in); the tanzaku 37.3cm x 17.3cm (14¾in x 6¾in). (3).
18th century Comprising two prints, the first an egoyomi for 1765 by Harunobu, depicting a girl parachuting down holding an open umbrella above her head and just about to pass the upper branches of a flowering cherry tree. The character dai and the numerals of the long months (2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10) concealed in the seashells of the pattern of the girl's kimono, an unread conceiver's seal on recto, another unread collector's seal on verso, unsigned; the second by Hokusai, depicting a pair of geese flying towards reed at full moon, signed zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu with seal Hokusai. The third a fascimile (copy) after Hokusai. Chuban 27cm x 19cm (10 5/8in x 7½in); the tanzaku 37.3cm x 17.3cm (14¾in x 6¾in). (3).
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