Original Japanese Woodblock Print “Pine Law” by Arai Yoshimune II 1873 LS#209 POSIM Total Length = 76" Width

Total Length = 76"  Width = 21"

as well as paraphernalia for smoking

with a frontal plate on which a badge representing their city was embossed

Full count of 182 stones in each color

Original Japanese Woodblock Print “Pine Law” by Arai Yoshimune II 1873 LS#209 POSIM Total Length = 76" WidthAn original Meiji period woodblock print by Arai Yoshimune II (, 1863 1941)also known as Utagawa Yoshimune IIfrom the narrative series Thirty Six Selected Tales of Snow ( Setsugetsuroku Sanjrokuban), published by Akiyama Buemon (). The design is titled Pine Law ( Matsu Hgo). In this witty and sharply composed scene, a startled samurai reacts as snow drops unexpectedly from a pine branch above, while a monk observes with quiet amusement from a nearby