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6064 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1866
6065 An oban tate-e triptych print set, entitled Taiheiki Masakiyo nansen no
30 | BONHAMS zu (Masakiyo's Difficult Battle from the Taiheiki Chronicles), published
1866.10, of Sato Masakiyo on horseback pulling back from a massive
explosion, publisher Yamajin; signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu
14 1/8 x 9 1/4in (36 x 23.7cm) each sheet
US$1,000 - 2,000
6064
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1867-68
Comprising four oban tate-e print triptychs: two from the series Buyu
setsugekka (Heroes for the Snow, Moon and Flowers), circa 1867,
one titled Gojo no tsuki (Moon over Gojo [Bridge]) with tengu watching
Benkei and Yoshitsune fight, the other Ikuta mori Ebira no ume (Plum
Blossoms in the Forest of Ikuta) of Kajikawa Kagesue defending
against Taira warriors, publisher Kiya Sojiro; the third titled Genpei
sakaro no ron (The Reversing Oars Argument during the Genpei [War]),
circa 1868, publisher Tsujiokaya Bunsuke; and Zen Taiheiki Soma dairi
no zu (The Palace at Soma in the Earlier Taiheiki), circa 1868, publisher
Iseya Kanekichi [sheets joined]; all signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu [10]
14 3/8 x 9 1/2in (36.5 x 24.3cm) average
US$1,200 - 1,800
6065
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Edo period (1615-1868) Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1867-8, 1878,
1883
Comprising five oban tate-e prints, including two from the series
Azuma no nishiki ukiyo koden (Tales of the Floating World on Eastern
Brocade), depicting Ito Yosota and the spectral cat, (circa 1867) and
Asabe Bungonosuke Sadaaki riding his horse through water (circa
1868), all publisher Masudaya Ginjiro and signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi
hitsu; two from the series Dai Nihon meisho kagami (Mirror of Famous
Commanders of Great Japan), depicting Oda no Nobunaga and
Uesugi Kenshin, each circa 1878, publisher Funatsu Chujiro, signed
Oju Yoshitoshi; and one from Yoshitoshi musha burui (Yoshitoshi's
Courageous Warriors), featuring Yamanaka Shikanosuke Yukimori,
circa 1883, signed Taiso Yoshitoshi ga [8]
14 1/4 x 9 1/2in (36.2 x 24.2cm) first print
US$800 - 1,000