UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786–1864) UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (1823–1880), A Genji Triptych and Two Actor Prints

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1864)
Utagawa Kunisada II (1823–1880)
A Genji triptych and two actor prints
A Scene of Young Leaves in the Fresh Summer Breeze (Ao arashi wakaba no nagame), woodblock-printed triptych, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 1847–52

The Suwa Shrine at Niekawa Station (Niekawa, Suwa no yashiro): the actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Katsuyori, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road (Kisokaido rokujukyu eki), woodblock print, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Minatoya Kohei, October 1852

The actor Onoe Kikujiro II as Fusahachi's Wife Nui, from the series The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes (Hakkenden inu no soshi no uchi), woodblock print, signed Kunisada ga (Kunisada II), published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), October 1852
35.2 x 72.6cm.
35.4 x 24.7cm.
35.7 x 24.5cm.

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For another impression of the triptych in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/a-scene-of-young-leaves-in-the-fresh-summer-breeze-ao-arashi-wakaba-no-nagame-477490

For another impression of the second in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/suwa-shrine-at-niekawa-station-niekawa-suwa-no-yashiro-actor-iwai-kumesabur%C3%B4-iii-as-katsuyori-from-the-series-the-sixty-nine-stations-of-the-kisokaid%C3%B4-road-kisokaid%C3%B4-rokuj%C3%BBky%C3%BB-eki-209607

For another impression of the third in the collections of The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University, go to:
http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=201-3096