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TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835-1900)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1887
An oban tate-e print vertical diptych (framed)
of Onoe Kikugoro V as the ghost of Saijiro,
Bando Kakitsu as Kanbara Mikinosuke
and Onoe Matsukuke as Nakama Gonbee
from the play Inaba ama-yobanashi (The
Inaba Apprentice), circa 1887, publisher
Fukuda Kumajiro, signed Keisetsu Toyohara
Kunichika hitsu
Overall 34 7/8 x 16 3/16in (88.7 x 41cm)
prints [three sheets joined] 28 5/8 x 9 7/8in
(72.7 x 25cm)

US$600 - 1,000

1180
TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835-1900)
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1892
An oban tate-e print vertical triptych (framed)
of Onoe Kikugoro V as Okiku’s ghost,
Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Aoyama Tessan,
Onoe Kikujiro V and Onoe Matsusuke V as
retainers from the play Mirror of the House
of Blue Dishes, circa 1892, publisher Fukuda
Kumajiro, signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu on
bottom sheet
Overall 49 x 16in (124.5 x 40.5cm) prints
[three sheets ojined] 41 5/8 x 9 15/16in
(105.8 x 24cm)

US$800 - 1,200

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OHARA KOSON/SHOSON (1878-1945)
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1928
Two oban prints, the first of Uchu ni shirasagi
(Egret in Rain), the second of Hakucho 1179 1180
(Swans), circa 1928, publisher Watanabe
Shozaburo, signed Shoson
15 x 10 1/4in (38.3 x 26.2cm)
10 1/4 x 15in (26 x 38.2cm)

US$500 - 700
1182
PAUL BINNIE (BORN 1967)
Circa 2004
An oban tate-e print (framed) titled Edo zumi
hyaku shoku: Kuniyoshi no neko (A Hundred
Shades of Ink of Edo: Kuniyoshi’s Cats), circa
2004, numbered and signed in pencil on the
bottom margin, 27/100, Paul Binnie
Overall 23 x 17 3/8in (58.5 x 44.2cm) print
16 3/4 x 11 3/8in (42.5 x 28.8cm)

US$600 - 800

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