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DescriptionProperty from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)The lovers Shirai Gompachi and Tamaya KomurasakiEdo period, late 18th century - early 19th century
woodblock print, signed Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni), published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1800s; with collector’s seals of an unidentified Japanese collector and H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Vertical oban: 36.5 x 25 cm., 14⅜ x 9⅞ in.Condition reportGood impression, slight fading, left edge with paper strip applied on front and reverse, slight trimming, tape residue to reverse.
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Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 136.LiteraturePari Beberu korekushon ukiyoe meisaku 300 senten (300 Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), exh. cat., (Tokyo, 1975), no. 270.
Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 2, no. 644. 
Jack Hillier, Suzuki Juzo and Adachi Toyohisa, Ukiyo-e: Beberu korekushon (Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), (Tokyo, 1976), no. 662.ExhibitedPari Beberu korekushon, ukiyo-e meisaku 300 senten (300 Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Vever Collection), exhibited at the following venues: 
Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 4th - 15th January 1975Hanshin Department Store, Osaka, 6th - 18th February 1975Sogo Department Store, Hiroshima, 21st - 26th April 1975Catalogue note