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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI III (1786-1865) AFTER TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1843-1847 Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1886-1887 (1839-1892)
An oban triptych titled Mitate musume Three oban tate-e prints from the series Showa era (1926-1989),
Dan’noura (Girls in a Parody of the Battle of Tsuki hyakushi (A Hundred Aspects of the first half of 20th century
Dan-no-ura), depicting girls drinking sake Moon): the first, no.15, depicting Iga no An album bound from a complete set of
in a pleasure boat, published by Kogaya Tsubone on Mount Yoshino under a midnight 32 oban tate-e prints and one mokuroku
Katsugoro, censor’s seal Hama; signed moon, 33.4cm x 23cm (13 3/16in x 9 1/16in); (contents page) titled ‘Fuzoku sanjuniso’ (32
Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on right the second, no.49, of a streetwalker exposed Aspects of Customs and Manners of Women),
sheet), Kochoro Toyokuni ga (on centre sheet), by the autumn moonlight, 32cm x 21.8cm each sheet showing half-length figures of
Oju Kochoro Toyokuni ga (on left sheet). (12 5/8in x 8 9/16in); the last, no.41, the women of different social classes from 1789
Each sheet approx., 36.5cm x 25cm moon over the pine forest of Mio with Takeda to Yoshitoshi’s present, caught in typical
(14 3/8in x 9 7/8in). (3). Shingen, 33.3cm x 23cm (13 1/8in x 9 moments from their daily lives. Each sheet
1/16in); all published by Akiyama Bunzaemon, approx., 39cm x 27cm (15 3/8in x 10 5/8in).
£2,000 - 3,000 all signed Yoshitoshi with the artist’s seal,
JPY300,000 - 450,000 all framed and glazed. (3). £2,000 - 3,000
US$2,700 - 4,100 JPY300,000 - 450,000
£1,000 - 1,500 US$2,700 - 4,100
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,000 The present lot comprises lithograph versions
of original woodblock prints published circa
1888 by Tsunashima Kamekichi, reproduced
in the early Showa era.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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