OGATA GEKKO (1859 - 1920)

Description:

Japan, Meiji period
34,5 - 35,7 cm x 24 - 24,2 cm
Three ôban tate-e, colour woodblock prints. 1) & 2) Series:"Fujin fûzoku zukushi'' (The Manners and Customs of Ladies)). Sheets: Irises at Horikiri / Sugoroku. Signed:Gekko with artist's seal. Dated: Meiji 24 = 1891. 3) Series: ''Nihon Hana Zue''(Flowers of Japan), Sheet: Samurai with cherry blossoms, depicting Hachiman Taro Yoshiie (1041-1108), a renowned archer.
Traces of age and foxing, partly stained, partly slightly dammaged and backed, mounted in passepartout