COLLECTION OF SEVEN PRINTS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS
EDO PERIOD TO 20TH CENTURY
£756
Auction: 15 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
comprising six oban tate-e and one yoko-e prints; including three by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), comprising one of the diptych titled 'The Capping of Kaidōmaru' (Kaidōmaru genpuku no zu), Edo period, and a diptych 'Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Shigenoi (R), Ôtani Mansaku as Honda Yasadayû, and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Jinenjo no Sankichi (L), in a Great Hit Memorial Performance In Honor of the Late Iwai Hanshirô VI' (Rokudaime Iwai Hanshirô tsuizen kyôgen ôatari ôatari), signed Gototei Kunisada ga on each sheet; two by Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), from the triptych 'Calligraphy, series of Fashionable Amusements of Spring' (Fûryû haru no kyô), both signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga; one by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), titled 'Kawasaki: The Rokugô Ferry' (Kawasaki, Rokugô watashibune) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga; and one by Kitagawa Utamaro, titled 'Reflective Love' (Mono omou koi), from the series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu), signed Utamaro hitsu
Dimensions
largest: 33cm x 47cm