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91 KATSUKAWA                   SHUN'EI           (1762-1819)


                                                      Tachibanaya Chusha (The

                                                      actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as
                                                      Tachibanaya Chusha)

                                                      Woodblock print, signed Shun'ei ga, published
                                                      by Iseya Jisuke
                                                      Vertical hosoban: 12¡ x 5¬ in. (31.4 x 14.3 cm.)

                                                      $6,000-8,000



































                                                 92 KATSUKAWA                    SHUNSHO               (1726-1792)


                                                      Sasaki Takatsuna winning a
                                                      fight
                                                                                                                                           93 KATSUKAWA                    SHUNSHO               (1726-1792)
                                                      Woodblock print, signed Katsukawa Shunsho
                                                      ga, sealed Rin                                                                           Asahina Saburo grasping Soga
                                                      Vertical chuban: 10º x 8º in. (26 x 21 cm.)
                                                                                                                                               Goro's armor
                                                      $4,000-6,000
                                                                                                                                               Woodblock print, signed Shunsho zu (Shun             PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                               covered in black background), sealed Rin             Henri Vever (1854-1943), Paris, sold at Sotheby's
                                                                                                                                               Vertical chuban: 9√ x 7¬ in. (25.1 x 19.4 cm.)       London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part
                                                                                                                                               $10,000-15,000                                       III, 24 March 1977, lot 109
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