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Lot Essay
The dramatic design of the first triptych depicts the famous Chinese general Gaku-o (Chinese: Yue Fei (1103-1141)), standing, a large tattoo to his back, surrounded by troops on a river bank.
For another impression of the second triptych in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 00.1459-61, go to: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/winter-fuyu-from-the-series-four-seasons-of-genji-genji-shiki-no-uchi-494887
For another impression of the third triptych in the collection of the Portland Art Museum, accession number 83.67.1A, go to: http://www.portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=21032;type=101
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Condition report
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1. Good impression and good colour. Each sheet slightly toned and creased. Slight trimming and minor wear to paper edges.
2. Good impression and colour. Wormholes repaired to each sheet. Slight toning.
3. Good impression, slight fading. Some rubbing and soiling. Minor wormage and slight trimming. Left sheet and middle sheets with vertical fold along right-hand edge with small damages top and bottom.