Lot description
TORII KIYOMINE (1788-1868), FROM 1815 KIYOMITSU II. Japan, ca. 1820-24 37,3 x 25,5 cm Color woodblock print. Ôban. Middle sheet of the triptych Sannin joko. Here is the sheet for "grief". Signed: Kiyomitsu ga. Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô). Censor seal: kiwame. From an important East German private collection, mostly assembled in the 1970's and 80's. Armin Lemp, Zurich. Adelmann Collection, Florence / Zurich, sold by Lempertz, Cologne, June 13, 1975, lot 2914. Fedor Sibeth (1928-1979) collection, sold by Lempertz Cologne, December 2, 1995, lot 1381 Paper a bit thin at the corners, minor rubbed, unter passepartout