From estate of serious NJ Japanese Art/antiquities collector. All are handsomely framed and matted by professional. View of Lake Biwa and the Town of Otsu from the Kannon Hall at the Miidera in Otsu, no. 54 from the series Pictures of the Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations (Vertical Tokaido). Image measures approximately 9x14in. Overall size 14.5×19 in. Original receipt from Japanese print dealer on verso c. 2 Unknown Diptych – possibly tea cutting ceremony and courtesan. Numerous ink inscriptions on right. Each image measures approximately 8.75×12.75 in. Overall size 18.75 x 23.5. 67 Kusatsu / Kisokaido rokujoku tsugi no uchi (Sixty-Nine Post Stations of the Kisokaido). (Middle) Hosokute: Horikoshi Dairyô, from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road, 1852. (Right) Karuizawa: Kamata Matahachi, from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road, 1853. Image size is approximately 9×13 in. Overall frames size 34×18 in. Condition : varies from piece to piece, but all are in attractive shape, as shown. Will show normal wear consistent with their age.
