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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) and Utagawa
Sadahide (1807-1873)
Two ôban, yoko-e. a) Series: Kôsô go-ichidai rya-
kuzu. Title: Bun’ei jûichi gogatsu nijûhachinichi
Komuroyama chûshi ishi. Nichiren keeps a rock
hurled at him by a yamabushi suspended in the
air by gazing at it. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi
ga. Publisher: Iseya Rihei. Censor: kiwame. 1830-
1835. b) Series: Sugawara Den. Title: Terakoya no
dan. Village school. Signed: Sadahide ga. Publis-
her: Izumiya Ichibei. 1830-1844. (2)

€ 350 – 500

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Three ôban from the series Kyokutei-ô seicho
Hakkenshi zui-ichi. a) Diptych. Inuzuka Shino
Moritaka battling Inukai Genpachi Nobumichi on
a roof at night. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga.
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi. Censor: kiwame.
1835. b) Key block impression of the right-hand
sheet. Censor: kiwame. Area for publisher seal left
blank. (3)
Provenance
b) Collector’s seal Helmut Wilmes

€ 500 – 600

171 (part lot)

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

a) Ôban diptych. Scene from Yotsuya Kaidan. The
ghost of Ôiwa cradling a stone Jizô statue. Signed:
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Kawaguchiya
Shôzô. Censor: kiwame. 1836. Rare. b) Ôban, part
of triptych. Young woman and female ghost.
Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Wa-
ka-U. Censor: Hama, Kinugasa. 1847-1848.
c) Ôban, part of diptych. Page lifted from the
water by a ghost. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga.
Publisher: Kagaya Kichibei. Censor: kiwame. (3)

€ 400 – 700

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