Auction introduction: This season, our diverse offerings of Japanese and Korean art encompass an array of important arms and armors of the samurai including rare Japanese swords from the collection of Kaisendo Museum. Other iconic highlights include fine woodblock prints by Toshusai Sharaku, Kitagawa Utamaro and Katsushika Hokusai from private and museum collections; innovative Japanese modern and contemporary art by Shinoda Toko, Suda Kokuta and Iwasaki Eri; exceptional lacquerware, sculptures, paintings, screens and important Korean works of art and paintings.