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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Six ôban, single sheets with actor’s portraits, some from series, Two drawings in ink on thin paper. a) Ôban, part of triptych.
such as Dai Nihon rokujûyoshû no uchi and Date otoko kishô Ladies in waiting and a prince. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi
kurabe. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Seal: yoshikiri. Various ga. Censors: Hama, Magome. b) 26.7 x 21.3 cm. Tokiwa Gozen
publishers. (6) with her young children. Design used in ‘Fushimi’ from the
series Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi. Unsigned. (2)
€ 350 – 500 Foto online
Provenance
b) Collector’s seal Hayashi Tadamasa
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) et al. € 400 – 500
a) Ôban triptych: Wedding. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga.
b) Koban diptych: Sailing boats and a fishing net full of fishes. 200
Unsigned. c) Four ôban. Kuniyoshi: Man with bunraku doll Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) and Utagawa Kunisada
and Mitate nijûshikô: Go Mô; unidentified artists: sumo (1786-1864), attributed to, et al.
wrestler; portrait of a priest. (6)
Three prepatory drawings or sketches in ink on thin paper.
€ 200 – 500 Foto online a) 23.4 x 29 cm. Actor on stage. b) 16.8 x 10.8 cm. Otokodate.
Signed: Toyokuni ga in toshidama cartouche. c) 8 x 27.6 cm.
Men and women making merry in the street. d) Group of 14
198 very small and larger sketches and drawings in ink on thin paper,
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
by various artists. Birds, flowers, people and a monkey. (17)
Two prepatory drawings in ink on thin paper. a) 11.8 x 7.5 cm. Provenance
Woman’s head. Seal: yoshikiri. b) 15.5 x 22.9 cm. Three men a) Former collection of Ernst Boehn, Münster, b) unidentified
walking after three women. (2) collector’s seal, d) one drawing with collector’s seal
Helmut Wilmes
Provenance
a) Unidentified collector’s seal; former collection Fedor Sibeth € 200 – 500 Foto online
(sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 2.12.1995, lot 1429); former
collection Heinz Grunert (sold at Lempertz, Cologne,
Nov. 1998, lot 1043)

€ 400 – 900
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