TWO JAPANESE FRAMED AND GLAZED WOODBLOCK ON SILK PRINTS, OBA...

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£130

TWO JAPANESE FRAMED AND GLAZED WOODBLOCK ON SILK PRINTS, OBAN TRIPTYCH

One depicting a couple in kimono walking under an umbrella in snow, artist signature 'Painted by Suzuki Harunobu' (1724-1770), a well-known Ukiyo-e artist in the Edo period (1603-1868), picture only 21cm x 27.5cm; the other, dated 1897, depicting the story of Minamoto no Yosghitsune, the commander and a Samurai of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods (794-1333) artist signature 'Toyohara Chikanobu' (1838-1912), an influential Ukiyo-e artist between Edo and Meiji periods, picture 34cm x 23cm.