Nakayama Sugakudo (active 1850–1860)And others
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Nakayama Sugakudo (active 1850–1860)And others

Six prints of birds and flowers

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GBP 562

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Nakayama Sugakudo (active 1850–1860)
And others
Six prints of birds and flowers
A group of six woodblock prints:

1. No. 1, White Falcon and Five-needled Pine (Shirotaka goyo no matsu)
2. No. 20, White-Headed Mannikin, Apricot, and Japanese Rush (Hekicho, anzu, sekisho)
3. No. 24, Cedar Waxwing and Crape Myrtle (Renjaku, sarusuberi)
4. No. 41, Goldcrest and Camellia (Kiku itadaki, sazanka)

Each from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijuhachi taka), each published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 1859, 6th month

Together with:
5. An aizuri-e of flowers, unsigned, attributed to Eisen
6. A print depicting a court lady and courtier, unsigned
Each oban (various sizes each approx. 38 x 26.2 cm.)

Specialist note

For another impression of the first and fourth in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/no-1-white-falcon-and-five-needled-pine-shirotaka-goy%C3%B4-no-matsu-from-the-series-forty-eight-hawks-drawn-from-life-ikiutsushi-shij%C3%BBhachi-taka-231231

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/no-41-goldcrest-and-camellia-kiku-itadaki-sazanka-from-the-series-forty-eight-hawks-drawn-from-life-ikiutsushi-shij%C3%BBhachi-taka-536789