Japanese Sugawara Illustration Pre-WW2
01 February 2022
Description

Origin: Gift from relatives who were Christian missionaries in Japan before the start of WWII: Believed to be a hand painted block print on parchment broken from an antique book on the ancient Japanese classical drama "The Noh" The print has a thin rice paper reversed fonticepiece "The Legend" well bound to the front, right side of the print. Dimensions are: Length =14.5" x Height = 10-1/8" The piece includes an undated typewritten English language explanation of "The Legend" authored by the relative who acquired it in Japan. The piece is in excellent condition.

Provenance

Gift from family members who were missionaries in Japan before WW2

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By George
Feb 11, 10:08 UTC
The specialist needs more information

Dear customer,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. My sincere apologies for the delay with the appraisal. So that I may best assist you, can you please upload a few better images of the surface and details like the face or clothes? Thank you very much for your help.

With kind regards,
George

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