Auction: October 17, 2021

Lot #139: Shima Seien (Japanese, 1892-1970) "Heroine Yugiri" Woodblock Print

c.1924, signed upper left, depicting a courtesan including an elaborate hair piece having areas of "bokashi" shading; together with (3) Japanese prints including a collotype after Eshin-Sodzu depicting an apparition of the Buddha; a reprint of Hiroshi Yoshida "Fujiyama from Miko"; and a print depicting a female figure sitting on an architectural structure with a blossoming tree in the foreground