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  • Lot 100. BOYS CELEBRATING THE BOYS’ FESTIVAL

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Fifth day of the fifth month. Same series as the preceding lot; but this sheet not signed. Purchaser: Armand de Richelieu Price: $7.50 |

    Lot 100. BOYS CELEBRATING THE BOYS’ FESTIVAL
  • Lot 101. SCENE FROM A DRAMA

    Image is an example from the Honolulu Museum of Art KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Ichikawa Monnosuke as Taro, the spy. Arashi Tatsuzo as Yuri no Hachiro. Hoso-e. Signed: Shunro ga. Purchaser: Charles H. Chandler Price: $5.00 |

    Lot 101. SCENE FROM A DRAMA
  • Lot 102. THE SEVEN FORTUNE GODS STORING THE RICE CROP

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Oban. Ink proof from the key-block of one sheet of a triptych. Not signed, but presumably by Hokusai in his Shunro period. Publisher: Eijudo. Purchaser: Mary Ainsworth Price: $5.00 |

    Lot 100. BOYS CELEBRATING THE BOYS’ FESTIVAL
  • Lot 103. SURUGADAI SUIDO NO KEI

    Image is a modern reprint example KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) View of the aqueduct at Surugadai, Edo. Yoko-e. Signed: Hokusai ga. Publisher: Eijudo. Rare early work. In good condition. Purchaser: Robert Stunzi Price: $10.00 |

    Lot 103. SURUGADAI SUIDO NO KEI
  • Lot 104. BUSH CLOVER, AND A HARE IN THE MOON

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Long surimono issued by the Okuramai Renju (society) to accompany an invitation to a recital by the woman teacher, Sumida Ben, and the musicians of the Nakamura, Ichimura, and Morita Theatres. The names of fifty-eight of these musicians are given. Signed: Sori ga. Hare Year, 1795. Purchaser: Earl T.…

    Lot 100. BOYS CELEBRATING THE BOYS’ FESTIVAL
  • Lot 105. GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO SEE A COCK FIGHT

    Image of actual item from the Frederic May sale catalog KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Long surimono. Signed: Shinsai. Purchaser: Frances Osborne Kellogg Price: $50.00 |

    Lot 105. GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO SEE A COCK FIGHT
  • Lot 106. AN APPARITION IN A SNOW STORM

    KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Two laborers running away from a woman who carries on her head a large wooden tub with a red cloth wrapped about it. Koban. Signed: Shinsai. Purchaser: G. E. Fuller Price: $5.00 |

    Lot 100. BOYS CELEBRATING THE BOYS’ FESTIVAL
  • Lot 107. GOLD-FISH CULTURE

    Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) Two large fish tanks in a garden; a woman bending over one of them and holding a net, turns to speak to another woman seated on a wide bench, while a boy brings a pan of water. Long surimono.…

    Lot 107. GOLD-FISH CULTURE
  • Lot 108. (A) HODOGAYA; (B) TOTSUKA; (C) FUJISAWA

    Pictured is an example of Hodogaya from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) [From] TOKAIDO GO-JU-SAN TSUGI. Twelve prints of the Tokaido set in vertical format, size 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches. Originally issued in a packet. Only the last sheet of the series was signed. Purchaser: Mr. Sherwood…

    Lot 108. (A) HODOGAYA; (B) TOTSUKA; (C) FUJISAWA
  • Lot 109. (A) HIRATSUKA; (B) ISHIYAKUSHI; (C) SHONO

    Pictured is an example of Hiratsuka from the Art Institute of Chicago KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849) [From] TOKAIDO GO-JU-SAN TSUGI. Twelve prints of the Tokaido set in vertical format, size 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches. Originally issued in a packet. Only the last sheet of the series was signed. Purchaser: Mr. Sherwood…

    Lot 109. (A) HIRATSUKA; (B) ISHIYAKUSHI; (C) SHONO