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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Ôban. Shini-e. Memorial portrait of the actor Onoe Kikugorô
IV in female dress. Signed: Ôju Ichiyôsai Toyokuni hitsu. Red
publisher’s seal (?) in lower left corner. Dated Man’en 1 (1860).
Literature
Cf. Kunisada (exhib. cat.), Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst,
Köln 1966, no. 61

€ 400 – 500

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)
Three ôban works. Various publishers and years. a) Triptych.
Robbery. Signed: Ôjû Toyokuni ga. Seal: toshidama. b) Diptych.
Actor surrounded by multiple inscribed cartouches. Signed:
Toyokuni ga in toshidama cartouche. c) Two sheets from trip-
tych. Oiran from Miuraya and man in front of a wall. Signed:
nanajû ô Toyokuni ga in toshidama cartouche. 1861. (3)
Provenance
c) Collector’s seal Helmut Wilmes

€ 250 – 500 Foto online

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)
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Uchi-e. Title: Edo jiman no uchi, Ryôgokubashi. Woman
watching fireworks from Ryôgoku Bridge, one of Edo’s prides.
Signed: 77 year old man Toyokuni ga in toshidama cartouche.
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei. Date: 1862.
Provenance
Collector’s seal Helmut Wilmes
€ 400 – 450

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Artists of the Utagawa School
Four ôban. a) Segawa Kikunojô in female role. Signed: Gototei
Kunisada ga. Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi. Censor: kiwa-
me. b) Series: Gyoi kanai oiri o tori zukushi. Kirare Yosaburô
on rocks. Signed: Konomi no makasete Toyokuni ga. Publisher:
Ôtaya Takichi. Censor and date: aratame, VI/1860. c) Woman.
Signed: Kunimaro hitsu. Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon.
Censor: kiwame. c) Two parts of a triptych. Title: Chûshingura
154 gishi honshô no zu. Attack. Signed: Gyokuran Sadahide ga.
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei. Censor: kiwame. (4)

Provenance
Collection Dr. Heribert Vogt
€ 300 – 400 Foto online

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