Shima Seien (1892-1970) Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878-1973) Yamamura Koka (Toyonari) (1885-1942) Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874-1964) | Four woodblock prints from the series Woodblock Print Supplements from the Complete Works of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Dai Chikamatsu zenshu furoku mokuhan) |Taisho period, early 20th century

Shima Seien (1892-1970) Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878-1973) Yamamura Koka (Toyonari) (1885-1942) Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874-1964) 

Four woodblock prints from the series Woodblock Print Supplements from the Complete Works of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Dai Chikamatsu zenshu furoku mokuhan)

Taisho period, early 20^th century 

each a woodblock print, from the series Woodblock Print Supplements from the Complete Works of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Dai Chikamatsu zenshu furoku mokuhan), published by the the Complete Works of Chikamatsu Publishing Association (Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu Kankokai), and comprising: 

- The Heroine Yugiri (Yugiri Awa no Naruto no Yugiri), signed Seien, 1922

- Osai from the play Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira (Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira no Osai), signed Kiyokata saku, and with artist's seal Shi, dated Taisho nijuninen (1922)

- The Heroine Koman from Seki from the play Tanba Yosaku Matsuyo no Komurobushi (Tanba Yosaku Matsuyo no Komurobushi no Seki no Koman), signed Koka, sealed Toyonari, 1923

- The Heroine Matsukaze from the play The Story of Matsukaze and Murasame (Matsukaze Murasame sokutai kagami no Matsukaze), sealed Hiro, circa 1922-23

45.5 x 29.4 cm., 18 x 11⅝ in. (the first)

46 x 29.5 cm., 18⅛ x 11¾ in. (the second)

46.6 x 29.4 cm., 18⅜ x 11⅝ in. (the third)

45.7 x 28.2 cm., 18 x 11⅛ in. (the fourth)