Lot 119
Lot 119
Various Artists

TWO WOODBLOCK-PRINTED TRIPTYCHS, A PART TRIPTYCH AND SEVEN SINGLE PRINTS

Price Realised GBP 562.50
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GBP 800 - GBP 1,200
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
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Various Artists

TWO WOODBLOCK-PRINTED TRIPTYCHS, A PART TRIPTYCH AND SEVEN SINGLE PRINTS

Price Realised GBP 562.50
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
Price Realised GBP 562.50
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
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Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822–1866)
Utagawa Yoshifusa (active circa 1837-1860)
Utagawa Kunitsuna (1805-1868)
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
And Utagawa School
Two woodblock-printed triptychs, a part triptych and seven single prints
Lord Yoritomo and His Entourage Ford the Oi River (Yoritomo ko Oigawa gyoretsu (no) zu), signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga, published by Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjiro), 1863

Kusunoki Holds the Chihaya Castle (Kusunoki chihaya rojo zu), signed Ichimosai Yoshifusa ga, published by Arita-ya Seiemon

Two sheets from a triptych depicting courtiers, signed Kunitsuna, published by Koshimura-ya Heisuke

Chapter 1, Kiritsubo: Chichibu no Shoji Shigetada and Akoya, from the series Modern Imitations of Genji (Imayo nazorae Genji), published by Omiya Kyujiro (Kiyudo), 1864

Kyoto: Nobles Viewing a No Play (Kyoto no uchi, ouchi no joran zu), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road (Tokaido meisho fukei), also known as the also known as the Processional Tokaido, signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga, published by Seibundo Masakichi, 1863

Together with:
Five unsigned Utagawa school prints of various subjects, circa 1850s
The first, vertical oban triptych, each sheet approx. 36.7 x 25.5cm.
The second, vertical oban triptych, each sheet approx. 36.4cm. x 25.4cm.
The third two oban sheets, each sheet approx. 37.1 x 25.2cm.
The fourth, vertical oban, 33.7 x 22.7cm.
The fifth, vertical oban, 35.2 x 23.2cm.
The last five each vertical oban, each approx. 36 x 25.7cm.
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