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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769-1825)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1798-1809
Comprising four oban and one hosoban
tate-e print: the middle sheet from a triptych
titled Sanjuroku-ban tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki
shogatsu nicho machi toshifuda no zu (The
36 sheets, the Twelve Months of Actors, First
Month), circa 1809, published by Ezakiya
Kichibei (Tenjudo); Shichi henge no uchi
Ichikawa Monnosuke, circa 1822, published
by Matsumuraya Tatsuzaemon; Onoe
Matsusuke I and Bando Mitsugoro IV from an
untitled series of double portraits of actors,
circa 1798-1800, published by Nishimuraya 2031
Yohachi (Eijudo); another double portrait of
actors; a hosoban print depicting an actor,
published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo); all
signed Toyokuni ga (5)
14 3/4 x 10in (37.5 x 25.5cm) each
approximately
12 1/8 x 5 1/2in (31 x 14cm)
US$1,000 - 1,500
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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1835-1853
Comprising eight oban and two aiban yoko-e
prints: from the series Toto meisho (Famous
Places in the Eastern Capital), circa 1835-
1847: Sato Sakurada Benkeibori sakura no
i (Cherry-tree Well at Benkei Moat outside
Sakurada); Kasumigaseki no zu (View of
Kasumigaseki); Shiba Atagoyama (Mount
Atago in Shiba); Ryogokubashi hanabi no
zu (Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge); Dokan-
yama mushi-kiki no zu (Listening to Crickets 2032
at Dokan Hill), published by Sanoya Kihei
(Kikakudo); Eitaibashi Tsukuda oki isaribune
(Fishing Boats in Tsukuda Bay, from Eitai 2032
Bridge); and Takanawa tsukiyo (Moonlit UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858) AND Watanabe, ushi juichi and Asukayama hanami
Evening at Takanawa); from the series Koto UTAGAWA SHIGEMARU (1848-1853) no zu (Cherry-Blossom Viewing at Asuka
meisho (Famous Places in Edo), circa 1835- Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1838-1855 Hill), censor’s seals Kinugasa, Murata, ushi
1842: Yushima Tenjin yashiro (Tenjin Shrine Comprising two chuban yoko-e, four oban hachi, both circa 1853, from the series Edo
at Yushima), published by Sanoya Kihei yoko-e, one oban tate-e, and two aiban meisho (Famous Places in Edo), published
(Kikakudo) and Kameido no zu (View of yoko-e prints: Ashitakayama, Fuji no numa by Yamadaya Shojiro; Kanbara, Iwafuchi yori
the Kameido shrine), published by Izumiya (Hara: Ashitaka Mountains and Fuji Marsh), Fujikawa o miru zu (Kanbara: View of the Fuji
Ichibei (Kansendo), both with censor’s seal from the series Tokaido Gojusan tsugi no uchi River Seen from Iwafuchi), circa 1843-1847,
Kiwame; from the series Toto meisho no (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road), circa 1850- censor’s seal Hama, all signed Hiroshige ga;
uchi (Famous Places in Edo), circa 1840- 1851, published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), Shimada, Oigawa Sungan (Shimada: The
1842: Sumidagawa hakkei, Imado yusho censor’s seals Mera, Murata; and Tsuchiyama, Suruga Side of the Oi River), from the series
(Eight Views of the Sumida River: Sunset Suzukayama no zu (Tsuchiyama: Suzuka Gojusan tsugi meisho zue, (Famous Sights
Glow at Imado), published by Sanoya Kihei Mountains), from the series Tokaido gojusan of the 53 Stations), circa 1855, published
(Kikakudo), censor’s seal Kiwame, all signed tsugi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road), by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), censor’s seals
Hiroshige ga; and the last Dokanyama circa 1840-1842, published by Sanoya Kihei Aratame, u shichi, signed Hiroshige hitsu; and
(Dokan Hill), from the series Toto meisho (Kikakudo), censor’s seal Kiwame; Oji, Ogiya Asakusa, from the series Edo meisho (Famous
(Famous Places in the Eastern Capital), (Oji: The Okiya Restaurant), from the series Places in Edo), circa 1852, censor’s seals
circa 1853, published by Izumiya Ichibei Edo komei kaitei zukushi (Famous Restaurants Mera, Watanabe, ne shichi, unsigned (9)
(Kansendo), censor’s seals Fuku, Muramatsu, of Edo), circa 1838-1840, published by chuban 16 1/8 x 9 1/8in (15.6 x 23.2cm)
ushi roku, unsigned (11) Fujiokaya Hikotaro (Shogendo), and Sanshu each approximately
oban 9 7/16 x 14 3/16in (24 x 36cm) each Marugame (Marugame in Sanuki Province), oban 9 7/8 x 14 13/16in (25 x 37.6cm) each
approximately from the series Nihon minato zukushi (Harbors approximately
aiban 7 3/8 x 12 3/4in (18.7 x 32.4cm) and 8 of Japan), circa 1840-1842, published by aiban 9 3/8 x 14 1/8in (23.7 x 36cm) each
7/8 x 13 9/16in (22.6 x 34.5cm) Maruya Seijiro (Marusei, Jukakudo), both approximately
censor’s seal Kiwame; Kameido Tenmangu
US$2,000 - 4,000 keidai (The Precincts of the Tenmangu US$1,000 - 1,500
Shrine at Kameido), censor’s seals Mera,

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