Three woodblock prints
Kasamatsu Shiro
(1898-1992)
Pagoda, Ueno Park, 1923
Woodblock in colors on paper
From the edition of unknown size
Presumably signed with Japanese characters, and with a red ink chopmark in the lower left plate corner; titled in ink in the lower margin; inscribed with Japanese characters in the left margin
Plate: 14 1/4 x 9 1/2in; Sight: 15 x 10in

Hasegawa Konobu
(b. 1914)
Kabuki actor
From the edition of unknown size and date
Presumably signed with Japanese characters and with two black and red ink chopmarks along the left edge; inscribed with Japanese characters upper right
Plate: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4in; Sight: 15 3/4 x 10in

Hasegawa Konobu
(b. 1914)
Kabuki actor
From the edition of unknown size and date
Presumably signed with Japanese characters and with two black and red ink chopmarks along the right edge; inscribed with Japanese characters upper left
Plate: 14 5/8 x 9 3/4in; Sight: 15 x 10in

Artist Unknown
Bunraku (puppet) stage set
Woodblock in colors on paper
From the edition of unknown size and date
Appears unsigned
Sight: 10 1/8 x 14 1/2in

Folio cover for kabuki prints by Hasegawa Konobu
Paperboard
19 3/8 x 14 1/4in


Provenance:
Sold: Bonhams, San Francisco, CA, "Period Art and Design," July 20, 2014, Lot 2657
Private collection, Burbank, CA, from the above

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The four prints framed under Plexiglas: 20 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 1in. (or revers); Folio cover: 19 3/8 x 14 1/4in.
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