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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769–1825) UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769–1825)
ICHIKAWA OMEZO AS HANAGAWADO ACTOR BANDO MITSUGORO AS
NO SUKEROKU; ICHIRAKUTEI EISUI YAMATOYA HANBEI
(1793–1801) OHAN AND CHOEMON; EDO PERIOD, LATE 18 TH –EARLY 19 TH
UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (1773–1828) CENTURY
A SINGLE SHEET OF A TRIPTYCH:
THE SIXTH MONTH (ROKUGATSU, 初代 歌川豊国（1769−1825）、坂東三津
SANMAISUZUKI); TOYOHARA 五郎 大和屋半兵衛、江戸時代、18世紀後期
KUNICHIKA (1835–1900) ACTOR IN A −19世紀初期
MIRROR woodblock print, signed Toyokuni ga
LATE 18 TH -19 TH CENTURY vertical oban:
38 x 25 cm., 15 x 9⅞ in.
初代 歌川豊国（1769−1825）、市川男女
蔵 花川戸助六、江戸時代、19世紀；一楽
£ 800-1,000
亭栄水（1756−1829）、お半 長右衛門； € 950-1,200 US$ 1,100-1,350
歌川豊広（1773−1828）、豊国豊広両画十
二候 六月、江戸時代、19世紀初期；豊原
42 国周（1835−1900）、写真楽屋鑑 五代目 43A
(part lot)
大谷友右衛門、江戸時代、18世紀後期−19
世紀初期 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786–1864)
HAKONE: THE ACTOR IWAI
the first: woodblock print, signed Toyokuni ga, HANSHIRO VI AS HATSUHANA
1806
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
the second: woodblock print, signed Ichirakutei 歌川国貞（1786−1864）、六代目岩井半四
Eisui ga, circa 1795
郎 東海道五十三次の内 箱根 初花、江戸
the third: woodblock print, from the series 時代、19世紀
Twelve Months by Two Artists, Toyokuni and
Toyohiro (Toyokuni Toyohiro ryoga juniko), woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three
signed Toyohiro ga, 1801 Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido
gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Toyokuni ga,
the fourth: woodblock print, from the series 1852
Mirror of Photographs Backstage (Shashin
gakuya kagami), signed Kunichika hitsu, circa vertical oban:
1859–61 35 x 24 cm., 13¾ x 9½ in.
vertical oban: For an impression in the Museum of Fine Arts,
(4) Boston, accession number 59.1147.39. go to:
each approx. 37 x 25.5 cm., 14½ x 10 in. https://www.mfa.org/collections/search
For an impression of the second print in
43 £ 1,500-2,000
the British Museum, accession number € 1,800-2,350 US$ 2,000-2,650
1907,0531,0.108, go to: http://www.
britishmuseum.org/research.aspx
For an impression of a complete triptych of the
third print in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
accession number 54.190-2 go to: https://www.
mfa.org/collections/search
For a similar impression of the fourth print in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accession number 2001.715.1, go to: https://
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection

£ 1,200-1,800
€ 1,450-2,150 US$ 1,600-2,400

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