Kano Tomonobu 狩野友信(1843-1912), Kajita Hanko 梶田半古(1870-1917), four watercolor drawings. Ink and pigments on paper. This series of four watercolor-enhanced drawings, two by Kano Tomonobu and two by Kajita Hanko, are most likely some of the original drawings used to illustrate, in print form, "les fables choisies de J.-P. Claris de Florian" edited by P. Barboutau. Published by Librairie Marpon & Flammarion, Tokio & Paris, 1895. Includes illustrations of the following fables: From series 1, "The Nightingale and the Prince" by Tomonobu. From series 2, "The Quack" by Hanko, the right-hand side of the double-page spread of the fable "The Peasant and the River" by Tomonobu, and "The Two Bald Men" illustrated by Hanko. From 25 x 36 cm to 26.5 x 39 cm