Howard Mansfield
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Lot 19. TWO WOMEN RECLINING ON THE FLOOR OF A ROOM AND READING A BOOK
Image is possibly of this actual item. Howard Mansfield donated the pictured print to the Metropolitan Museum of Art NISHIKAWA SUKENOBU (B. 1674, d. 1754) The room is open toward the garden, showing the engawa (veranda) and the chozu-bashi or cistern holding water for washing hands. Picture No. 7 from a folding album. Yoko-e. Not…
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Lot 25. ARASHI WAKANO AS A WOMAN WALKING IN THE SNOW
Image is possibly of this actual item. Howard Mansfield donated the pictured print to the Metropolitan Museum of Art NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA (B. 1697, d. 1756) She carries an umbrella, and turns to look at a gnarled plum tree in bloom. Hoso-e. Urushi-e. Signed: Nihon Ga-ko (Japanese artist) Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu. Publisher: Iga-ya. About 1725. Purchaser:…