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UTAGAWA KUNITAKA (ACTIVE ABOUT 1854-1868) AND BAIDO KUNIMASA, UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III,
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864) 1786-1864), UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), UTAGAWA
Edo period (1615-1868), 1832-1865 YOSHIIKU (1833-1904) AND TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835-
Comprising three oban tate-e print triptychs, two oban tate-e print 1900)
diptychs and an oban tate-e pentaptych; the first, Actors Ichikawa Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912)
Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya (R) Arashi Rikan III as Takasago Yuminosuke Comprising three oban tate-e print triptychs, three oban tate-e
(C), and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Yasha Goro (L), from Jiraiya goketsu print diptychs and three oban tate-e prints; the first actors Ichikawa
monogatari, 1852, published by Yamamoto Heikichi, censor’s seals Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo and Sawamura Gennosuke as Geiko
Muramatsu, Fuku, ne mu, signed Toyokuni ga; On kyogen imayo Kotomi, 1887, published by Sasaki Toyokichi, signed Baido
Genji (Kyogen Plays of Genji in the Modern Style), published by Kunimasa hitsu; the second entitled Gojusan tsugi no uchi, Hakone
Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, signed Ryuchoro Kunitaka ga; Actors Ichikawa (Hakone, 53 Stations), 1861, published by Kiyomizuya, censor’s seal
Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya and Iwai Kumesaburo III as Yumeno Chokichi, tori shichi aratame, signed Toyokuni ga; Actors Ichimura Uzaemon as
published by Iseya Chusuke, censor’s seals Fuku, Muramatsu, Izutsuya Shinsuke, Sawamura Tanosuke as Kanaya Iroha, Nakamura
ne roku; Actors Arashi Rikan III as Takasago Yiminosuke and Shikan as Inada Kozo, 1861, published by Uoya Eikichi, censor’s
Ichikawa Dajuro VIII as Ogata Jiraiya, published by Shimizuya seal tori mu aratame, signed Ni konomi Toyokuni ga; Nakamura
Tsunejiro, censor’s seals Kinugasa, Murata, ne hachi; both 1852, Utaemon IV as Torii Hatasuke and Seki Sanjuro III as Otsuki Denzo
signed Toyokuni ga; Actors Onoe Baiko, Nakamura Fukusuke, from Kaga sodo, 1849, published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, censor’s
and Sawamura Tanosuke, 1865, published by Enshuya Hikobei, seals Muramatsu, Fukushima, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga;
censor’s seal ushi shi aratame, signed Kunisada hitsu; Actors Bando Kodomo asobi muneage no zu, 1854, published by Joshuya Kinzo,
Minosuke, Mimasu Gennosuke, Nakamura Shibazo, Seki Sanjuro, censor’s seals aratame, tora juni, signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga; Actors
and Nakamura Shikan, from the series Hana ni tori sakigake Soga, Ichikawa Sadanji as Tomimatsu, Kawarazaki Mimasu as Benkei, and
1832, published by Yamamoto Heikichi, censor’s seal kiwame, each Iwai Hanshiro as Yoshitsune; Ichikawa Danjuro as Jiraiya, Ichikawa
signed Gototei Kunisada ga (18) Sadanji as Orochi-maru, and Nakamura Utaemon as Takasago
14 1/4 x 10in (36 x 25.2cm) each approximately Yuminosuke, each from the series Mitsuomote shashin kyo; each
signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (18)
$1,500 - 2,500 14 x 10 1/16in (35.5 x 25.5cm) each approximately
$1,200 - 1,800

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