Auction: April 18, 2021

Lot #154: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Japanese, 1785-1864) "Forty-Seven Samurai" Woodblock Print

Published 1847, printed signature in cartouche lower left, Kunisada, known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, depicting a scene from "The Forty-Seven Samurai"; mounted on silk backing and floating, full sheet, within a linen mat in a gold-toned frame bearing Marshall Fields sticker and informational label en verso; together with Northern Indian gouache on linen, Late 19th to early 20th century provincial Mughal style depiction of three young women enjoying refreshments in a garden setting, one holding a bottle and passing the cup; having a gold-toned wood frame; Marshall Fields sticker en verso