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Nakayama Sugakudo (active 1850–1860)
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A group of six woodblock prints depicting birds and flowers:

1. No. 1, White Falcon and Five-needled Pine (Shirotaka goyo no matsu)
2. No. 20, White-Headed Mannikin, Apricot, and Japanese Rush (Hekicho, anzu, sekisho)
3. No. 24, Cedar Waxwing and Crape Myrtle (Renjaku, sarusuberi)
4. No. 41, Goldcrest and Camellia (Kiku itadaki, sazanka)

Each from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijuhachi taka), each published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 1859, 6th month

Together with:
5. An aizuri-e of flowers, unsigned, attributed to Eisen
6. A print depicting a court lady and courtier, unsigned
Each oban (various sizes each approx. 38 x 26.2 cm.)
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