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(1797-1861) (1797-1861)

Shoki gripping an Oni Snow: the actor Onoe Kikugoro III

Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, Woodblock print, surimono, from the series
published by Ebisuya Shoshichi (Kinshodo), Sanban tsuzuki (A set of three), signed Ichiyusai
circa 1848-53 Kuniyoshi ga, circa 1829-30
Vertical oban: 14 x 9Ω in. (35.6 x 24.5 cm.) Shikishiban surimono: 8 x 7¿ in. (20.3 x 18.1
cm.)
$6,000-8,000
$3,000-4,000
The same print from the collection of Raymond A. Bidwell
Collection is illustrated on the cover of the exhibition
Another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine
catalogue, UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI, An exhibition of the work Arts, Boston (11.26062).
of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) based on the Raymond A. Bidwell
Collection of Japanese Prints, The Springfield Museum of Fine
Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1980, and cat. no. 164.

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(1797-1861) (1797-1861)

Odai Matarokuro, Iwazu The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Tetsuemon in Shibaraku

Woodblock print, from the series Honcho Woodblock print, surimono, signed Chooro
Suikoden goketsu hyappakunin no hitori (Eight Kuniyoshi ga, circa 1837-38
hundred heroes of our country’s Suikoden, Shikishiban surimono: 8¡ x 7º in. (21.3 x 18.4
one by one), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, cm.)
published by Kagaya Kichiemon, circa 1830
Vertical oban: 15º x 10¡ in. (38.7 x 26.2 cm.) $3,000-4,000

$1,000-1,500