TSUCHIYA KŌITSU (1870-1949), OHARA KOSON (1877-1945), YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1926-1989), AND UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
A Group of Six Woodblock Prints
Edo period (1615-1868) and Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century
Five ōban tate-e prints and one ōban yoko-e print comprising Kyūshū Hakozaki Hachiman (Hakozaki Shrine, Kyushu), dated 1938 and Nezu jinja (Nezu Shrine), dated 1934, each signed Koitsu, sealed Ko, published by Doi Hangaten; Zakuro ni ōmu (Pomegranate and Cockatoo) signed Shōson, published by Watanabe Shōzaburō; Chikurin, signed Yoshida in the block and inscribed in pencil in the bottom margin Bamboo Grove and Yoshida in pencil in Roman script, sealed Hiroshi and with a jizuri (self-printed) seal, dated 1929; Sori, inscribed Sleigh and signed Hiroshi Yoshida in pencil in Roman script, dated 1927, with a jizuri (self-printed) seal; and Fujisawa nanki no Matsubara hidari no Fuji (Fujisawa: Fuji on the Left at Nanki no Matsubara) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Sights of the 53 Stations), signed Hiroshige hitsu, published by Tsutaya Kichizō (6)
11 1/8 x 16 3/4in (28.3 x 42.6cm), the largest