- Shunsei Katsukawa (active 19th century) - Lot 257

- Shunsei Katsukawa (active 19th century) wo girls and a little boy play ball with two dogs haiku poems are inscribed on the left side of the print. Date: 1862 (year of the dog) Signed Shunsei sha. Surimono: 17.9 x 23.7 cm - Shunsei Katsukawa (active 19th century) Plum branch and folded New Year paper n front of a plum blossom branch are noshi, a paper ornament placed on certain gifts to express congratulations, and nanakusa, seven edible New Year's herbs, on a small round board. Date: 1867 (year of the rabbit). Signed Shunsei sha. Shunsei artist's seal. Surimono : 17.9 x 23.9 cm - Hodai Sato (active between 1833 and 1870) Man hanging a kakemono A man, seen in profile, holds with a stick the kakemono he is unrolling to decorate the panel of a tokonoma (alcove). Date: 1862 (year of the boar). Signed Hodai. Hodai artist's seal. Surimono shikishiban: 18.0 x 23.6 cm - Hanzan Matsukawa (1820-1882) Seated servant Seated on the floor, a court servant happily watches the little bird she has let out of the cage in her hands fly. In the foreground, the tripod used to support the cage. Date: year of the wild boar (1862). Signed Kakyo Hanzan. Surimono shikishiban: 17.7 x 23.8 cm Overall.