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WOODBLOCK PRINTS
Various Properties
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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI III UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI III
(1786-1864), KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753-1806) AND OTHERS (1786-1864) AND OTHERS
Edo period (1615-1868), early to mid 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), early to mid 19th century
15 oban prints, a number of incomplete sheets from triptychs, and one 25 oban tate-e single prints and two oban diptychs: 21 single
diptych: five by Kuniyoshi, comprising four bijinga including three titled sheets and one diptych by Kuniyoshi, comprising 14 from the series
Bigyoku imayo fuzoku (Modern Fashionable Beautiful Gems) and one Meiko hyakuyuden (Stories of a Hundred Heroes of High Renown)
diptych titled Denka chawa rokuro no zu (Picture of Six Elderly Men including Taira no Tomomori, Takeda Shingen, Minamoto no Yoritomo
Gathered in Conversation and Enjoying Tea); nine prints by Toyokuni and Minamoto no Yoshitsune, five from the series Kuniyoshi moyo
III/Kunisada, comprising eight yakusha-e including three prints shofuda tsuketari genkin otoko (Men of Ready Money with True Labels
depicting actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Iwai Shijaku and Iwai Kumezaburo, Attached, Kuniyoshi Style), one of Konjin Chogoro from the series Date
respectively and one bijinga titled Ukiyo juroku musashi (Board Game moyo kekki kurabe (Comparisons of Physical Energy, Date Style), one
of the Floating World); one sheet from a triptych depicting two bijin depicting Kusunoki Tamonmaru Masatsura and Chikudomaru and one
probably by Toyokuni; one bijinga by Utamaro depicting Omi from the diptych (two separate single sheets-connected) of Inukawa Shosuke
series Furyu Mutamagawa (Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers); variously and Inuyama Dosetsu from the series Kyokutei-o seicho hakkenshi
published and variously signed; together with nine facsimile prints of zui’ichi (The One and Only Eight Dog History of Old Kyokutei [Bakin],
various sizes and formats after ukiyo-e masters including Hokusai, Best of Refined Authors); three single sheets and one diptych by
Utamaro, Hiroshige, Toyoharu and Katsukawa school. Kunisada/Toyokuni III comprising two bijin-ga and two warrior prints;
The smallest: 37cm x 23.5cm (14½in x 9¼in); the last titled Kyoga Otsu-e (Caricature of Otsu-e Figures), unsigned;
the largest: 35cm x 48.5cm (13¾in x 19 1/8in). (25). variously published and variously signed except for one.
The smallest: 36cm x 24.5cm (14 1/8in x 9 5/8in);
£2,000 - 4,000 the largest: 36cm x 49cm (14 1/8in x 19¼in). (27).
JPY300,000 - 590,000
US$2,600 - 5,300 £2,000 - 4,000
JPY300,000 - 590,000
US$2,600 - 5,300
78 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
