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PAUL JACOULET (1902-1960), UTAGAWA HIROKAGE
(ACTIVE 1855-1865), UTAGAWA KUNISADA III (KUNIMASA IV,
TOYOKUNI V, 1848-1920) AND UTAGAWA KUNIFUKU (ACTIVE
ABOUT 1854-1864)
Edo period (1615-1868) to Showa (1926-1989) era, 1859-1938
Comprising a vertical woodblock print and three oban tate-e prints;
the first entitled Apres La Pluie. Tarang, Yap, circa 1938, printed
by Honda Tetsunosuke, signed in pencil Paul Jacoulet, tea-jar
seal, with edition number 139/150 (in kanji) on verso; the second
entitled Onkura mae no yuki (No. 22 Snow in Front of the Official
Storehouses), from the series Edo meisho doke zukushi (Comical
views of Famous Places in Edo), 1859, published by Tsujiokaya
Bunsuke (Kinshodo), signed Hiroshige ga; the third entitled Asakusa
Meganebashi (Two-arched Bridge in Asakusa), from the series
Tokyo kaika meikei kurabe (Famous Places in Modern Tokyo), 1874,
published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, censor’s seal inu ku, signed Baido
Kunimasa hitsu; the last entitled Ishiyakushi sono ni (Ishiyakushi, No.
2), from the series Tokaido meisho fukei (Scenes of Famous Places
along the Tokaido Road), 1863, published by Koshimuraya Heisuke
(Koshihei), censor’s seal i shi aratame, signed Kunifuku ga (4)
18 1/4 x 14 3/8in (46.4 x 36.3cm)
14 5/16 x 9 5/16in (36.5 x 23.8cm)
14 1/4 x 9 3/4in (36 x 24.8cm)
14 1/8 x 9 3/8in (35.8 x 24cm) 841

$1,000 - 1,500
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OHARA KOSON (1878-1945)
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1927
Comprising an oban tate-e and an oban yoko-e print; the first
entitled Yanagibashi no yuki (Snow at Yanagibashi), 1927, published
by Watanabe Shozaburo (with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo
seal); the second entitled Three Carp, dated 1935, published by
Wanatabe Shozaburo (with Watanabe 6mm round seal); both signed
Shoson (2)
15 7/16 x 10 3/16in (39.1 x 26cm)
13 3/8 x 18 3/4in (24 x 47.5cm)
$2,000 - 3,000
842
YAMAMURA KOKA (TOYONARI, 1885-1942)
Taisho era (1912-1926), 1921
A dai oban tate-e print of Actor Morita Kan’ya XIII as Jean Valjean in
Les Miserables, from the series Rien no hana (Stars of Kabuki), dated
1921, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, signed Toyonari ga
16 1/2 x 11 3/8in (41.7 x 29cm)
842
$3,000 - 5,000
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