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1146
UTAMARO SCHOOL
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early
19th century
An oban yoko-e shunga print from an album;
unsigned
10 x 14 7/8in (25.5 x 37.7cm)

US$500 - 700

1147
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III)
(1786-1864)
A chuban yoko-e/surimono print titled Tora
no haru (Tiger’s Spring), with an actor battling
a tiger, with three poems, signed Gototei
1146 Kunisada ga
7 6/8 x 10 7/8in (19.5 x 27.7cm)
US$500 - 700

1148
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III)
(1786-1864)
Edo period (1615-1868), 1828-30
A surimono shikishi-ban print depicting
the actors Ishikawa Danjuro and Iwai
Kumesaburo, circa 1828-30, with two
poems, signed Gototei Kunisada ga
8 1/4 x 7 3/8in (21 x 18.8cm)
US$500 - 700

1149
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III,
1786-1864)
1147 Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1831-1847
Comprising an oban tate-e print triptych
and an oban tate-e print diptych (framed):
Shunseki bijo no yugaeri (Beautiful Women
Returning from the Bath on a Spring Night),
circa 1843-47, published by Maruya Jinpachi
(Marujin Enjudo), censor’s seal fu, signed
Kochoro Toyokuni ga on right and left sheets,
Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga on center sheet; and
Actors Seki Sanjuro II as Kamiya Niemon
(right) and Onoe Kikugoro III from Kamigata
as the Lantern Ghost, from Sanganotsu
gohyoban no chochin no yurei (The Lantern
Ghost, Applauded throughout the Three
Cities) (left), circa 1831, publisher Moritaya
Hanzo, censor’s seal kiwame, signed Gototei
Kunisada ga (2)
Overall 20 ¼ x 35 1/2in (51.5 x 90.2cm)
1148 prints [three sheets joined] 14 9/16 x 29 1/2in
(37 x 79.2cm)
Overall 20 3/8 x 25 3/4in (51.7 x 65.5cm)
prints [two sheets joined] 14 3/8 x 19 3/4in
(37.5 x 50.2cm)

US$1,000 - 1,500

1149

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