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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725–1770) SANADA YOICHI MUNESADA AND
A COUPLE AND NOODLE VENDOR IN MATANO NO GORO KAGEHISA
THE NIGHT EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
EDO PERIOD, 18 TH CENTURY 歌川国芳（1797 – 1861）、真田与市宗定と
俣野五郎景久、江戸時代、19世紀
鈴木春信 (1725–1770)、夜そば売りと男女、
江戸時代、18世紀 woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi
ga, published Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo),
woodblock print, unsigned, circa 1766
sealed kiwame, circa 1834–35
horizontal chuban: vertical oban:
28 x 20 cm., 11 x 7⅞ in.
39 x 26 cm., 15⅜ x 10¼ in.
PROVENANCE The young Minamoto warrior Sanada no Yoichi
The Huguette Berès Collection (centre) fights the Taira supporter Matano no
Goro at the Battle of Ishibashiyama in 1180.
‡ £ 5,000-8,000
€ 5,900-9,400 US$ 6,700-10,600 For an impression in the collection of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession
number 11.16442, go to: https://www.mfa.org/
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‡ £ 1,500-2,000
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725–1770) € 1,800-2,350 US$ 2,000-2,650
FUJIWARA NO MOTOZANE
EDO PERIOD, 18 TH CENTURY
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鈴木春信 (1725–1770)、藤原元真 雪の洗
濯、江戸時代、18世紀
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)
woodblock print, from an untitled series of PHOENIX AND LOBSTER (TAIHO
One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets EBI)
(Hyakunin isshu), signed Harunobu ga, circa EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
1767–68
歌川国芳（1797 – 1861）、禽獣図会 大鵬
vertical chuban: 海老、江戸時代、19世紀
28 x 21.5 cm., 11 x 8½ in.
woodblock print, from the series Birds and
For an impression in the British Museum,
accession number 1910,0614,0.4, go to: http:// Beasts (Kinju zue), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi
www.britishmuseum.org/research.aspx ga, pubslihed by Joshuya Kinzo, circa 1839–
And for another in the Metropolitan Museum of 1841
Art, New York, accession number JP873, go to: vertical oban:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection 37 x 25 cm., 14½ x 9⅞ in.

‡ £ 6,000-8,000 For an impression in the British Museum,
€ 7,100-9,400 US$ 8,000-10,600 accession number 2008,3037.02401, go to:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research.aspx
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‡ £ 8,000-10,000
€ 9,400-11,800 US$ 10,600-13,300
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