First Evening 125 348 Disconsolate Lovers. 0 San seated beside her lover Mohei, who is wiping a tear from his eye. Both are greatly dejected and are contemplating double suicide to end their woe. This was often the last resort of lovers in old Japan, when marriage between them was impossible.… … No. 348 349 Lovers Playing Cat’s Cradle. 0 Kiku and Kosuke playing ito-tori, literally “thread-take,” the game known to us as “cat’s cradle.” Same series (without title) as the preceding lot. Signed, Shiko gwa. Size, 15 x 9% inches. Fine impression, in fine condition. See illustration, p. 126.
Alexis Rouart · Vicomte de Sartiges
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