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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Utagawa Yoshitora (1836-1887)

Lot 1022
11.09.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 7 620
AuctioneerSotheby´s
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 1022 | Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Utagawa Yoshitora (1836-1887)
Estimate value
£ 500 – 800
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

Utagawa Yoshitora (1836-1887)

Five woodblock prints

Edo period, 19th century

each a woodblock print, and comprising:

- Actors in the roles of Kobayashi Asahina, Soga Goro Tokimune and the Footman (Yakko) Takobei, from the play Irifune Soga Nihon no Torikaji, from the series Odori keiyo gedai zukushi, signed Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni), published by Minatoya Kohei, 3rd month 1857

- The actor Bando Mitsugoro IV in Five Female Roles - a Memorial Performance on the Thirty-third Anniversairy of the Death of Bando MItsugoro III, signed Nanajuhassai Toyokuni hitsu (Brush of Toyokuni, at the age of seventy-eight), published by Iseya Kanekichi, 1863

- Poem by Koharu-jo, from the series A Refreshing Collection of Poems by Beauties (Bijin soku shu), signed Konomi ni makase nanaju Toyokuni hisu (Brush of Toyokuni at the age of seventy-eight, by request), published by Hiranoya Shinzo (Aikindo), 7th month 1863

- Shikoku chinju saemonnojo, and concurrently (ken) Iyo no kami, Minamoto no Yoshitsune ason, from the series Six Selected Warrior Poets (Musha rokkasen no uchi), signed Kinchoro Yoshitora ga (Pictured by Kinchoro Yoshitora), published by Yorozuya Jisuke, 5th month 1858

- Together with two sheets of an incomplete triptych depicting actors, by Kunisada II

Various sizes:

35.5 x 22.7 cm., 14 x 8⅞ in. (the smallest)

36 x 48 cm., 14¼ x 18⅞ in. (the largest)
Artist:Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866)
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865)
Historical era:Edo period
Place of origin:Japan
Auction house category:Painting
Address of auction Sotheby´s
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