[Ukiyo-e]. SADANOBU, Hasegawa II

Naniwa no Hana [Flowers in Naniwa, Osaka Region]

Oblong quarto (243 × 270 mm), 12 beautiful coloured woodblock prints on silk (each one 195 × 220 mm) mounted within borders of mottled gilt paper on the rectos (effectively) of pairs of thick card leaves, attached at one edge to form an 'orihon' or concertina.

Flush-cut patterned cloth with a silk title-label on the front cover; all edges gilt; covers lightly worn at the extremities; gilt edges a little chipped (more heavily so on one edge); a few light spots of foxing to some plates; a very good copy, with the plates essentially in fine condition.

Hasegawa Sadanobu II (1848-1940) was the second of at least five generations of Sadanobu artists.