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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769-1825)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1820
A surimono shikishi-ban print depicting
Ichikawa Danjuro in Edo, from the series
Shokoku meibutsu shunmansei (Famous
Products from Various Countries), poem by
Dokurakudo Takamitsu, signed Toyokuni ga
8 1/4 x 7 1/8in (21 x 18.3cm)

US$500 - 700
1155
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III)
(1786-1864)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1855
An uncut uchiwa-e (fan) print of Karainu
Gonbei and Otoki, Chobei’s wife; censor’s
seals aratame and u ni, publisher Enshuya
Matabe, signed Toyokuni ga
8 7/8 x 11 3/8in (22.5 x 29cm)
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US$800 - 1,200

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UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III)
(1786-1864)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1856
An oban tate-e, two-tier hexaptych (framed),
titled Odori keiyo gakuya no zu (Backstage
and Dressing Rooms) and Odori keiyo nikai-
iri no zu (Backstage at a Newly Opened
Theater), circa 1856, censor’s seal tatsu
ni aratame, publisher Izumiya Ichibei
(Kansendo), signed Toyokuni ga on each
sheet
Overall 35 3/4 x 37in (91 x 94cm) prints
[six sheets joined] 28 3/4 x 30 1/8in (73 x
76.5cm)
US$600 - 1,000

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UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III)
1155 (1786-1864)
Edo period (1615-1868), early to mid 19th
century
Comprising three oban tate-e prints and an
oban tate-e triptych prints: Actor Ichikawa
Danjuro VII, from the series Yakusha
hanjimono (Actor Rebuses), circa 1812,
publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo),
censor’s seals kiwame, Yamaguchiya Tobei,
signed Gototei Kunisada ga; Suimen no beni
no hana (Safflowers on the Water), Actor
Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Watonai, from the
series Tosei mitate sanjuroku kasen (Popular
Matches for 36 Selected Flowers), circa
1861, publisher Hiranoya Shinzo, signed
Toyokuni ga; Kumokiri Jinzaemon, from the
series Jidai moyo ataru shiranami (Current
Patterns of the Underworld), circa 1859,
publisher Uoya Eikichi, censor’s seal, signed
Toyokuni ga; Chushingura, publisher Ezakiya
Kichibei (Tenjudo), censor’s seal kiwame,
signed Gototei Kunisada ga (6)
15 1/16 x 10in (38.3 x 25.5cm) each
apploximately
US$600 - 1,000
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