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YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786-1868), ISSHUSAI KUNIKAZU (1848-
1868), UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864),
UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (KUNIMASA III, TOYOKUNI IV, 1823-
1880), AND UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (SHIGENOBU, 1826-1869)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1834-1864
Comprising two oban yoko-e, a chuban yoko-e and an oban tate-e
print; Osaka Ajikawa Tenpozan Amayatori (Osaka’s Aji River from the
Rain Shelter on Mount Tenpo), circa 1834, signed Gogaku; Sagami,
Actors Arashi Rikan III as Yamauba and Arashi Rikan II as Sakata
Kintoki, from the series Dai Nippon rokuju-yo-shu (The 60-odd
Provinces of Great Japan), circa 1862, signed Kunikazu ga; Sono
sugata yukari no utsushi-e sanju-ku (No. 39 from the series Magic
Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure), circa 1851, published
by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), censor’s seals Kinugawa, Murata,
signed Ichiyusai Toyokuni ga; and Wakamurasaki from the series
Nise Genji gojuyo-jo (54 Chapters of the False Genji), circa 1864,
published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), signed Bichoro Kunisada hitsu
1006 (on main image), Ryusai (on fan inset)(4)
9 13/16 x 14 3/4in (24.8 x 37.5cm)
7 3/8 x 9 3/8in (18.5 x 24cm)
10 1/8 x 14 3/4in (25.6 x 37.3cm)
14 1/4 x 9 1/2in (36.2 x 24cm)
$1,000 - 1,500
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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1833-1844
Comprising five oban yoko-e prints; Totsuka, Motomachi betsudo
(Totsuka: Motomachi Fork), first version, circa 1833-1834, publisher
Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), censor’s seal Kiwame; Hara, Asa no
Fuji (Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning), circa 1833-1834; Odawara,
Sakawagawa kachiwatashi (Odawara: Fording the Sakawa River),
circa 1841-1844; Kuwana, Kaijo Shichiri no watashiguchi (Kuwana:
Sea Ferry Terminal at Shichiri), circa 1841-1844; and Narumi,
meibutsu Arimatsu shibori (Narumi: Famous Arimatsu Tie-Dyed
Fabric), circa 1833-1834, publisher Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido);
all from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the
Tokaido Road), each signed Hiroshige ga(5)
9 x 14in (22.8 x 35.5cm) each approximately
$1,800 - 2,500
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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1843-1853
Comprising three aiban yoko-e and two oban yoko-e prints; Ishibe,
Oiso, and Tsuchiyama, Suzukayama uchu no zu (Tsuchiyama: The
Suzuka Mountains in the Rain), each from the series Tokaido gojusan
tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tokaido Road), circa 1843-1847,
censor’s seal Hama, signed Hiroshige ga; Asukayama hanami no
zu (Cherry-blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill), censor’s seals Kinugasa,
Murata, Ushi machi, and Shin Yoshiwara Nihon-zutsumi mikaeri no
yanagi (The Willow Tree of Farewells to Guests at Nihon Embankment
in the New Yoshiwara), censor’s seals Mera, Watanabe, Ushi juni,
both from the series Edo meisho (Famous Places in Edo), circa 1853,
published by Yamadaya Shojiro, signed Hiroshige ga(5)
8 3/8 x 12 1/2in (21 x 32cm) each approximately
9 3/4 x 13 7/8in (25 x 35.5cm) each approximately
$1,200 - 1,800
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