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511 Mura, both from the series Soga monogatari zue
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, (Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers), circa 1845-
1786-1864), AND UTAGAWA KUNISADA II 1846, published by Ibaya Senzaburo (Dansendo),
(KUNIMASA III, TOYOKUNI IV, 1823-1880) signed Hiroshige ga; Hikosan Gongen, and
Edo period (1615-1868), 1852-1858 Kameyama banashi (The Tale of Kameyama),
Comprising seven oban tate-e prints; the first both with censor’s seal Hama, Tsuzure no nishiki
of Actor Morita Kan’ya XI as Inuzuka Bansaku, (Ragged Brocades), censor’s seal Murata, each
from the series Hakkenden inu no soshi no from the series Chuko adauchi zue (Illustrations
uchi (The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes), of Loyalty and Vengeance), circa 1844-1845,
1852, published by Tsutaya Kichizo Koeido, published by Ibaya Senzaburo (Dansendo),
censor’s seals Kinugasa, Murata, ne juni, signed signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga; Hakone (Actor
Kunisada ga; Poem by Minamoto Nobuakira Iwai Hanshiro VI as Hatsuhana), from the series
Ason, Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Asagiri, Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of
censor’s seals Mera, Watanabe, ne juichi, and the Tokaido Road), 1852, published by Iseya
Poem by Oshikochi no Mitsune, Actor Bando Kanekichi, censor’s seals Mera, Watanabe, ne
Shuka I as Toneri Sakuramasu, censor’s seals san, signed Toyokuni ga; the first book cover of
Hama, Magome, ne kyu, both from the series chapter five volume one, signed Toyokuni ga, and
Mitate sanjurokkasen no uchi (Comparisons the second book cover of chapter five volume
for 36 Selected Poems), 1852, published by two, signed Tamenaga Shunsui saku, Ichijusai
Iseya Kanekichi; Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kunisada ga, both from Hokusetsu bidan jidai
Hanakawado no Sukeroku, the center sheet of kagami (Laudable Stories in Northern Snow,
a triptych entitled Edo zakura Kiyomizu Seigen, Mirrors of the Age), circa 1856, published by
1858, published by Kagaya Kichiemon, censor’s Wakasaya Yoichi Jakurindo (8)
seal uma san, each signed Toyokuni ga; Actor 14 5/8 x 10in (37 x 25.5cm) each approximately 512
Ichikawa Ebizo V as Banzui Chobei, published 7 x 4 1/2in (17.7 x 11.5cm) each approximately
by Shimizuya Naojiro, censor’s seals Murata,
Mera, shita-uri, signed Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga; a $800 - 1,200
center sheet of a triptych entitled Kudo Suketsune
Sogajuro Sukenari wo nadamuru no zu, published 513
by Ebiya Rinnosuke, censor’s seal Watari, signed UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III,
Chooro Kuniyoshi ga; the last of a beauty, 1786-1864)
censor’s seals Kinugawa, Hama, signed Oju Edo period (1615-1868), 1864
Toyokuni ga (7) A set of 17 oban tate-e prints from the series
14 1/8 x 10 1/8in (36 x 25.6cm) each Seichu gishi den (Stories of the True Loyalty of the
approximately Faithful Samurai), including So, Actor Ichikawa
Danjuro VIII as Horibe Yasubee Takeyasu,
$800 - 1,200 censor’s seal ne X aratame; each published by
Oyama Toyojiro, signed Nanajukyu sai Toyokuni
512 hitsu (17)
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I(1797-1858), 13 3/8 x 9 3/16in (33.7 x 23.2cm) print only each
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, approximately
1786-1864), AND UTAGAWA KUNISADA II
(KUNIMASA III, TOYOKUNI IV, 1823-1880) $1,200 - 1,800
Edo period (1615-1868), 1844-1856
Comprising six oban tate-e and two book covers;
Tora gozen, censor’s seal Watari, and Asahina
Saburo Fights Yawata Shichiro, censer’s seal

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