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6070 TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
6071 Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1883
32 | BONHAMS An oban tate-e print triptych titled Meiji jugo mizuno-uma kishu Kaiga
Kyoshinkai shuppinga Fujiwara Yasumasa gekka roteki (The painting
"Fujiwara Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight," exhibited at the
National Painting Exhibition in the autumn of 1882), dated Meiji 16.2
(1883 February), publisher Akiyama Buemon, signed Taiso Yoshitoshi
sha; together with a posthumous oban tate-e print triptych of the same
subject from the series Bidan musha eiyu (Fine tales of warrior heroes),
dated Meiji 27 (1894), April, publisher Katada Chojiro, signature
Yoshitoshi and seal Taiso [6]
14 1/8 x 9 3/8in (35.7 x 24.1cm/35.8 x 23.9cm/35.7 x 23.7cm)
14 3/8 x 9 5/8in (36.5 x 24.4cm) each sheet

US$4,000 - 6,000

6070
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1885
Two oban tate-e print triptychs: the first titled Nichiren Shonin
Isawagawa nite ukai no meikon o saido shitamau no zu (Saint Nichiren
Praying for the Restless Spirit of the Cormorant Fisherman at the Isawa
River), dated Meiji 18.5 (1885 May, publisher Akiyama Buemon, signed
Yoshitoshi and sealed Taiso; the second from the series Osaka gunki
no zu ('The Siege of Osaka'), of Okuko Hikozaemon protecting the
Tokugawa shogun from the spear of Goro Matabei Mototsugu, circa
1884, publisher Akiyama Buemon [sheets joined], signed Oju Taiso
Yoshitoshi [4]
13 7/8 x 9 3/8in (35.4 x 23.6cm)
13 7/8 x 9 1/8in (35.4 x 23.3cm) each sheet

US$1,000 - 1,500

6071
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1882 and 1885
Two oban tate-e print triptychs: the first titled Soga Tokimune
hadakauma ni norite Oiso ni kakeru (Soga Goro Gallops Bareback
to Oiso), dated Meiji 18.12 (1885 December), published by
Fukuda Yasushi, signed Oju Yoshitoshi ga; the second of a comic
entertainment of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, dated Meiji 15
(1882), publisher Tsukioka Beijiro, signed Oju Yoshitoshi giga [6]
14 1/8 x 9 1/4/9 5/8/9 1/4in (36 x 23.5/24.5/23.5cm) each sheet
14 5/8 x 9 7/8in (37.3 x 25.1cm) each sheet

US$1,300 - 1,800