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UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864)
AND UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Edo period (1615-1868), 1832-1852
Comprising an oban tate-e triptych and an oban yoko-e
vertical diptych: the first entitled Niwa suzumi (Cooling Off
in the Garden), 1847-1852, published by Kawaguchiya
Uehi (Fukusendo), censor’s seals Hama, Magome, signed
Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kunisada aratame
Toyokuni ga (on center sheet), Kochoro Toyokuni ga (on
left sheet); the second entitled Ryugu gongen (The Dragon
Palace Shrine), actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Yorinobu,
Mimasu Gennosuke I as Chiharu (Above); Bando Mitsugoro
IV as Tsuna, Seki Sanjuro II as Sadamitsu, Onoe Kikugoro III
as Hidetake, and Kataoka Ichizo I as Kintoki, 1832, censor’s
seal kiwame, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (on bottom sheet)
(5)
14 x 9 5/16in (35.4 x 23.7cm) each approximately
9 1/4 x 14 1/4in (23.5 x 36cm) each approximately
$1,000 - 1,500
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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797-1858)
Edo period (1615-1868) 1833-1856
Comprising three oban yoko-e, a chutanzaku, and seven
oban tate-e prints: Oiso, Tora ga ame (Oiso: Tora’s Rain), and
Seki, honjin hayadachi (Seki: Early Departure of a Daimyo),
both from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (53
Stations of the Tokaido Road), 1833-1834, published by
Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido); Rokudanme (Act VI), from
the series Chushingura (The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers),
1835-1839, published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo),
censor’s seal kiwame; and Takanawa tsukiyo (Moonlit evening
at Takanawa), from the series Toto meisho (Famous Places in
the Eastern Capital), 1837-1838; each signed Hiroshige ga;
Sheet one: Shinagawa, Nihonbashi, and Kawasaki, signed
Ryusai giga; sheet three: Hiratsuka, Odawara, Hakone, and
Oiso, Shigitatsu-an, Shigitatsu sawa Saigyo hoshi no zo
155 (Oiso: Saigyo’s Hut, Portrait of Saigyo at Snipe-rising Marsh);
sheet four: Mishima, Onna date, Onna date Mishima no Osen
(Mishima: Female Dandies, the Female Dandy Mishima no
Osen); Numazu, Yoshiwara, Fujinuma (Yoshiwara: Fuji Marsh),
and Hara, Taketori no okina Kaguya-hime o eru (Hara: The
Old Bamboo Cutter Finds the Shining Princess), signed
Hiroshige; sheet 10: Shirasuka Shiomizaka, Futakawa, Arai,
meisan unagi tori (Arai: Fishing for the Famous Eels), signed
Hiroshige hitsu; and Yoshida, sheet 11: Yamamoto Kansuke
gui (Goyu: The Humble Home of Yamamoto Kansuke),
Akasaka, Miyajiyama no momiji (Akasaka: Red Maple Leaves
on Mount Miyaji), Fujikawa, and Choja ga hime Joruri junidan
no monogatari (Okazaki: The Story of Joruri, Daughter of
the Choja), signed Hiroshige, sheet 13: Ishiyakushi, signed
Hiroshige hitsu, Yokkaichi, Shono, and Kameyama, sheet 15:
Kusatsu, Biwako fukei (Kusatsu: View of Lake Biwa), signed
Hiroshige, Ishibe, Otsu, and Keishi, Yase no marebito (Kyoto:
A Visitor from Yase), each from the series Tokaido gojusan
tsugi zue (the harimaze series Pictures of the 53 Stations of
the Tokaido Road), 1856, published by Yamaguchiya Tobei
(Kinkodo), censor’s seals aratame, tatsu ni (11)
9 1/8 x 14in (23.2 x 35.6cm) each approximately
13 13/16 x 4 3/4in (35 x 12cm)
13 5/8 x 9 3/8in (34.5 x 23.8cm) each approximately
156 $1,000 - 1,500

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