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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)
THE EARTH SPIDER CONJURES UP DEMONS
AT THE MANSION OF MINAMOTO RAIKO
(MINAMOTO YORIMITSU KO NO YAKATA NI
TSUCHIGUMO YOKAI WO NASU ZU)
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
歌川国芳（1797 – 1861）、源頼光公館土蜘作妖怪図、
江戸時代、19世紀
woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (on the left
sheet), published by Ibaya Senzaburo (Dansendo), 1843
oban triprtch:
(3)
each sheet approx. 35.5 x 25 cm., 14 x 9⅞ in.
For an impression in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession
number E.10535-1886, go to: www.vam.ac.uk museum
And for another in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession
number 2008,3037.20906, go to: www.mfa.org accession
number 11.39572a-c
‡ £ 4,000-5,000
€ 4,700-5,900 US$ 5,300-6,700

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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)
NITTA NO SHIRO TADATSUNE AND THE
WHITE DRAGON GHOST
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
歌川国芳（1797 – 1861）、仁田四郎忠常 冨士の人穴に
入る、江戸時代、19世紀
woodblock print, left and middle sheets signed Ichiyusai
Kuniyoshi ga, right sheet signed Chooro Kuniyoshi ga,
published by Tsuji-ya Yasubei, circa 1844
oban triptych:
(3)
each sheet approx. 35.5 x 24.2 cm., 14 x 9½ in.
For another impression in the Honolulu Museum of Art,
accession number 10273, go to: http://honolulumuseum.org
‡ £ 2,000-3,000
€ 2,350-3,550 US$ 2,650-4,000

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UTAGAWA YOSHITSUYA (1822–1866)
KYOKYAKU SUIKODEN: KOGAKURE KINTARO
HIDES HIMSELF USING WITCHCRAFT
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
歌川芳艶 (1822 – 1866)、鏡客水滸伝之内 木隠ノ霧太
郎 妖術、江戸時代、19世紀
woodblock print, signed Yoshitsuya ga, 1861
oban triptych:
(3)
each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.2 cm., 14⅝ x 10 in.
‡ £ 3,000-4,000
Lot 15 detail € 3,550-4,700 US$ 4,000-5,300
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