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99 UTAGAWA                 TOYOKUNI              (1769-1825)


                                                       Segawa Roko Kuzunoha-gitsune

                                                       (The actor Segawa Kikunojo III
                                                       as fox wife Kuzunoha)

                                                       Woodblock print, signed Toyokuni ga,
                                                       published by Nishimuraya Eijudo, circa 1802
                                                       Vertical oban: 14¬ x 10 in. (37.1 x 25.4 cm.)

                                                       $3,000-4,000


















                                                 100 UTAGAWA                 TOYOKUNI              (1769-1825)


                                                       Two women dancing

                                                       Woodblock print, from the series Furyu onna
                                                       suehiro (Fashinable women's fans), signed
                                                       Toyokuni ga with cursive monogram, published
                                                       by Enomotoya Kichibei (Hoeido)                                                     101 UTAGAWA                KUNISADA               (1786-1865)
                                                       Vertical oban: 15¡ x 10º in. (39.1 x 26 cm.)
                                                                                                                                               Aki no Miyajima (Miyajima at Aki
                                                       $7,000-9,000
                                                                                                                                               Province)


                                                       PROVENANCE:                                                                             Woodblock print, from the series Komo
                                                       Henri Vever (1854-1943), Paris, sold Sotheby's London,                                  abura-e fu (In the style of the Red-hair [Dutch]
                                                       Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and                                 oil painting), signed Konomi ni makase
                                                       Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part II, 26                                   Kunisada egaku (drawn by Kunisada to satify
                                                                                                                                               preference), published by Yamaguchiya Tobei
                                                       March 1975, lot 257
                                                                                                                                               (Kinkodo), circa 1820s-30s
                                                       Another impression in the collection of Museum of Fine Arts,
                                                                                                                                               Horizontal oban: 9¡ x 14º in. (23.8 x 36 cm.)
                                                       Boston (11.13530).
                                                                                                                                               $6,000-8,000
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